Non Hodgkin Lymphoma Flashcards
Basics of Leukemia
Malignancy of hematopoietic cells
Starts in bone marrow (can spread to blood, nodes)
Myeloid or Lymphoid
Acte or Chronic
Basics of Lymphoma
Malignancy of hematopoietic cells
Starts in lymph nodes (can spread to marrow, blood)
Lymphoid only
Hodgkin or Non Hodgkin
What is the most common cause of lymphadenopathy?
benign reaction to infection
Most common cause of malignant lymphadenopathy?
Metastatic carcinoma
Where are most follicles located?
In cortex, under the capsule (lymphocytes with germinal centers)
Where does cell differentiation and maturation occur
Germinal center and mantle zone
Follicular hyperplasia
B cell response to immune stimulus
Tingible macrophages
Large irregular follicles
Tingible macrophages in Lymphoma…
NONE
Interfollicular hyperplasia
Expanded area between follicles
Mixture of cells
Partial effacement (normal architecture obliterated)
T cell response to some type of stimuli.
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Malignant proliferation of lymphoid cells (blast or mature cells) in lymph nodes
Skips around
Mostly B cells
Non Hodgkin vs Hodgkin
Non Hodgkin tends to skip around more, has a worse prognosis because it is unpredicable
Symptoms of NHL
painless, firm lymphadenopathy
extranodal manifestations
B symptoms
What are B symptoms
Weight loss
Night Sweats
Fever
A
no B symptoms
Low Grade NHL
Older patients
Indolent (not a lot of mitosis)
Small, mature cells
Non destructive
High Grade NHL
Children
Aggressive
Big ugly cells
Destructive