Myeloid & Lymphoid Bone Marrow Disorders Flashcards
Normal marrow cellularity (cell to fat ratio)
100-age: 100-22=78 (aka as you age will get increasing fat percentage)
Two granulocyte pools in blood
- circulating granulocyte pool (CGP): what you’ll get a count on
- marginal granulocyte pool (MGP): adherent to vessel walls
Neutropenia
- reduction in number of neutrophils
- agranulocytosis: marked neutropenia (
Neutropenia pathogenesis
- inadequate granulopoiesis (aplastic anemia)
- ineffective granulopoiesis (B12 def, MDS)
- accelerated removal or destruction (infection or immune)
- replacement of marrow by tumor
Neutropenia clinical presentation
- infections: lung, urinary tract, mouth ulcers
- bacteria may grow massively in colony-like formation
Neutrophilia causes
- Reactive & Neoplastic
Reactive neutrophilia
- demargination (neutrophils released from vessel enotheliumMGP): epinephrine release, acute stress exercise
- mobilization of maturation-storage compartment: steroids, infection, inflammation
- increased production: chronic infection, inflammation, GCSF
Neoplastic neutrophilia
- myeloproliferative neoplasms
Neutrophilia blood smear
- increased neutrophils
- left shift
- toxic changes (infection): toxic granulation, cytoplasmic vacuoles, dohle body**light grey/blue bleb in cytoplasm
Leukemoid reaction
- extreme leukocytosis (50,000/uL)
- physiologic response to stress or infection
- may resemble leukemia
- increased immature cells seen
- *reactive process, excludes cancer(CML)**
Leukemia
- malignant neoplasms of hematopoetic cells, diffuse replacement of bone marrow by neoplastic cells
Leukemia classification
- cell lineage (myeloid vs. lymphoid)
- maturity (blasts vs. differentiated cells)
- chronicity (acute vs. chronic): based on clinical presentation
- acute=blasts, chronic=differentiated*
Most common leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia
Most common child leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia
- neoplasm of multipotent myeloid stem cells characterized by accumulation of myelobasts in bone marrow & blood at least 20%
- block in differentiation of leukemic stem cells
- replacement & suppression of normal hematopoetic precursors
AML lineage
- may arise from any myeloid lineage: monocytic, erythroid, megakaryocytic
AML flow cytometry antigens
- CD13, CD33, CD117
Morphology of AML
- auer rods
- myeloperoxidase stain is positive (blue sand appearance)
AML types
- promyelocytic
- myelomonocytic
- megakaryblastic
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- abnormal promyelocytes w/ multiple auer rods (faggot cells)
- t(15,17)
- medical emergency
- risk of DIC
- initial treatment with ATRA (all trans retinoic acid)
Acute myelomonocytic leukemia blood smear
- increased cytoplasm in immature cells
Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia blood smear
- cytoplasm of mature cells is smudged (looks broken up)
Chromosomal abnormalities in AML
- t(15,17) in acute promyelocytic leukemia
Clinical features of AML
- mainly disease of adults, 20% of childhood leukemias
- acute onset of symptoms: fatigue-anemia, infections-neutropenia, bleeding-thrombocytopenia
- presents w/ leukocytosis, or pancytopenia
AML monocytic differentiation clinical features
- infiltration of gums, skin, CNS more common
Prognosis of AML
- 60-80% of patients reach initial remission
- relapse is common: better survival rate for
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- malignant neoplasm or lymphoid stem cells
- bone marrow: accumulation of lymphoblasts
- blood smear: increased blasts, anemia, thrombocytopenia