Non Hodgkin Lymphoma Flashcards

1
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Basics of Leukemia

A

Malignancy of hematopoietic cells
Starts in bone marrow (can spread to blood, nodes)
Myeloid or Lymphoid
Acte or Chronic

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Basics of Lymphoma

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Malignancy of hematopoietic cells
Starts in lymph nodes (can spread to marrow, blood)
Lymphoid only
Hodgkin or Non Hodgkin

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3
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What is the most common cause of lymphadenopathy?

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benign reaction to infection

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4
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Most common cause of malignant lymphadenopathy?

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Metastatic carcinoma

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5
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Where are most follicles located?

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In cortex, under the capsule (lymphocytes with germinal centers)

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Where does cell differentiation and maturation occur

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Germinal center and mantle zone

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7
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Follicular hyperplasia

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B cell response to immune stimulus
Tingible macrophages
Large irregular follicles

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8
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Tingible macrophages in Lymphoma…

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NONE

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9
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Interfollicular hyperplasia

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Expanded area between follicles
Mixture of cells
Partial effacement (normal architecture obliterated)
T cell response to some type of stimuli.

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10
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Non Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Malignant proliferation of lymphoid cells (blast or mature cells) in lymph nodes
Skips around
Mostly B cells

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11
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Non Hodgkin vs Hodgkin

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Non Hodgkin tends to skip around more, has a worse prognosis because it is unpredicable

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12
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Symptoms of NHL

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painless, firm lymphadenopathy
extranodal manifestations
B symptoms

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13
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What are B symptoms

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Weight loss
Night Sweats
Fever

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14
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no B symptoms

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15
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Low Grade NHL

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Older patients
Indolent (not a lot of mitosis)
Small, mature cells
Non destructive

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16
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High Grade NHL

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Children
Aggressive
Big ugly cells
Destructive

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17
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Types of Low Grade (4)

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  1. Small lymphocytic lymphoma
  2. Malt lymphoma
  3. Follicular lymphoma
  4. mycosis fungoides
18
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Types of High Grade (3)

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  1. Large Cell lymphoma
  2. Lymphoblastic lymphoma
  3. Burkitt Lymphoma
19
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Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

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CLL
small mature lymphocytes
B cell, CD5+

20
Q

What is Richter’s Transformation?

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Change from low grade lymphoma/leukemia to a high grade process - cells get bigger and become more aggressive

21
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Marginal Zone Lymphoma

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Actually a bunch of lymphomas
Marginal zone pattern
MALT lymphoma

22
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What is MALT Lymphoma associated with?

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H. Pylori

If catch early, antibiotic and goes away

23
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Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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Mantle zone pattern
Small angulated lymphocytes
T (11;14) cyclin D and IgH
Aggressive

24
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Mantle Cell translocation?

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T(11;14)

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Follicular Lymphoma

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Follicular pattern (later diffuse)
Small cleaved cell (1), mixed (2) or large cell (3)
T (14;18) IgH and Bcl-2
Butt cells

26
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Butt cells

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Follicular lymphoma

27
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Follicular lymphoma translocation?

A

T (14;18)

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Stage I

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Single Node

29
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Stage II

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Two or more nodes on the same side of the diaphragm

30
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Stage III

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Lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm

31
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Stage IV

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Diffuse extranodal involvement

32
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A

A

No additional symptoms

33
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B

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weight loss, night sweats, fever

34
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Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome

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Skins lesions (MF), present as flat lesions like eczema
Starts as patch - then plaque - nodule
Blood involvement (SS)
Cerebriform lymphocytes
T cell immunophenotype
35
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Cerebriform lymphocytes

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Mycosis Fungoides / Sezary Syndrome

36
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Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma

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Large B cells
Extranodal involvement
Grows rapidly
Bad prognosis

37
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Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

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Two types: B and T
Lymphoblasts in diffuse pattern
same thing as ALL

38
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How does lymphoblastic lymphoma present?

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Teenage Male
Mediastinal Mass (Thymus)
T-lymphoblastic

39
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Burkitt Lymphoma presentation

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Child with fast growing extranodal mass

40
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Burkitt Lymphoma pattern?

A

Starry sky

FAST GROWING

41
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Burkitt Lymphoma translocation

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T (8;14) cmyc and IgH

42
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Adult T cell Leukemia/Lymphoma

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Japan/Caribbean basin
HTLV-1
Skin lesions, hypercalcemia
Aggressive