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Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Flashcards

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What is non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma?

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A (very!) heterogenous group of lymphomas which have several things in common:

  • They are derived from lymphocytes.
  • Are not Hodgkin’s lymphoma!
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What % of lymphomas are non-Hodgkin’s

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85%

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What is Burkitt’s lymphoma?

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B-cell germinal centre lymphoma.

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What are the 3 variants?

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Endemic
Sporadic
Immunodeficient

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Do they have something in common?

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Endemic and ID variants often associated with EBV.

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What viral infection is associated with endemic varient?

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endemic variant is geographically associated with malaria endemic regions.

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How is Malaria is believed to increase patient susceptibility to EBV?

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Sporozoites downregulate TNF-a, IL-6 and MCP-1
Sporozoites upregulate IL-10
Blood stage parasite can induce expression of sFGL2.

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c-myc is associated with strongly with Burkitt’s.

What is the common cytogenetic abnormality?

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Common cytogenetic abnormality is t(8;14)(q24;q32)
Found in 85% of cases.
Places c-Myc under the regulatory control of IGH enhancer/promoter.

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What about the other 15%?

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T(2;8)(p12;q24)

T(8;22)(q24;q11)

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The overall Morphological appearance of Burkitt’s in histology

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“Starry skied” appearance under H&E.

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Appearance of cytoplasm

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Scant basophilic cytoplasm characterised by numerous lipid vacuoles

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Appearance of nuclei

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Round nuclei with stippled chromatin and multiple small nucleoli.

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What other IHC stains give positive result?

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Ki67.

Bcl-2 and Bcl-6

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What is the Treatment for BL?

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Similar to other lymphoma, treatment is via combination therapy.

Treatment for most NHL are very similar.

R-EPOCH has been shown to have 100% remission induction.

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How many cycles of treatment?

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21 day cycle.

6-8 cycles.

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Which of the following lymphoma would rituximab work against?

A Lymphoma negatively stained with anti-CD20
B Lymphoma positively stained with anti-CD20

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B

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Follicular Lymphoma

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An extremely heterogenous (and poorly understood) disease.

At least 8 sub-types

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FL accounts for what % of non-hodgkins?

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Accounts for ~20% of NHL cases.

~2600 cases per annum in UK.

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Where is in situ FL found?

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Lymph nodes (hence in situ!)

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What is in situ FL?

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Presents as a monoclonal expansion of malignant (?) B-cells in germinal centres.

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Is In situ FL significant?

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Studies suggest that ISFL can be seen as a pre-cancerous condition.
Patients have a 3% chance of transforming into FL.

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Smoking is believed to significantly increase the risk of ISFL. By what %?

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45% more likely to develop ISFL than non-smokers.

Interestingly this finding may not apply to other FL.

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H&E Lymph node with ISFL (low mag)

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Same lymph node but with anti-Bcl-2

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Initial cytogenetic abnormality of FL

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seems to be t(14;18)(q32;q21).

Found in majority (~90%) of ISFL cases.

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Accumulation of other abnormalities will then cause a transformation of ISFL into FL proper. What are Examples of common FL mutations?

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Examples of common FL mutations include:
Chromosome 1p36 deletion (70% of cases).
KMT2D mutations (90% of cases).
CREBBP mutations (~70% of cases)
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Aggressive transformations are associated with which mutations?

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CD58
CDKN2B
CD79B

Transformation of FL into more aggressive forms is quite common (50%)

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Are transformations common in malignancy?

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Transformations occur in many haematological malignancies and are associated with poor prognosis:
Richter transformation
CML -> ALL transformation
MDS -> AML
HL into NHL
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What is the underlying cause of haematological malignancies and are associated with poor prognosis?

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(almost) always genetic.

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Classification of FL

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is via a variant of the Mann-Berard criteria (WHO modified).

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FL can be divided into 3 classifications. Describe Grade 1

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small, cleaved centrocyte proliferation.

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Describe Grade II

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mixed proliferation of small-cleaved centrocytes and large centroblast cells.

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Describe Grade III

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proliferation of large centroblast cells

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Prognosis of FL

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Prognosis for patients with FL can be variable.
Most patients diagnosed in later stages of the disease
Based on Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI1/2)

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Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI1/2)

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The FILIPI scheme utilises a points based system to offer a prognosis:
>60 years olf.
>4 lymph node groups implicated.
Stage 3 or 4 disease (Ann Arbor classification).
Low Hb (<120g/L)
Increased LDH.

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Most common treatment of FL

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Many forms of FL are indolent and do not require active treatment (watchful waiting)
Masterly inactivity (my preferred, but slightly frowned upon wording!)
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Which type of FL can be treat with radiotherapy?

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Localised FL

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Survival rate of FL?

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~90% 10 year survival.

39
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Why is relapse common after radiotherapy?

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Only eradiates particular parts of body, if a single cell else were will come back

40
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Which FL requires chemotherapeutic intervention?

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Systemic FL

R-CHOP

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what is MALT lymphoma?

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B-cell lymphoma originating in mucosa associated lymphoid tissue.

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What % of lymphoma are associated with MALT lymphoma?

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<10% of all lymphoma

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What is MALT lymphoma associated with?

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~100% of cases are associated with chronic inflammation.

44
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What causes MALT lymphoma?

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~100% of MALT Lymphoma is caused by persistent H.pylori infection.

45
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How to diagnose H.pylori?

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Breath test.

46
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Can biopsies diagnose H.pylori?

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At least 5 biopsies taken and can be cultured and/or histologically examined.
95% sensitive for H.pylori

47
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What Serology tests can be used to diagnose H.pylori?

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Anti-H.pylori antibodies.

Can be a bit like a broken pencil.

48
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How to culture of helicobacter?

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H.pylori is a microaerophilic organism.
~5% atmospheric O2
Non-selective media is recommended, Horse blood agar.

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Histology of MALT lymphoma

Healthy tissue

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What is the incidence of T-cell lymphoma?

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T-cell lymphoma are much rarer than B-cell lymphoma (<15% of NHL cases).
Incidence seems to be raising.
Celtic genome increases risk

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What is the classical finding of T-cell lymphoma?

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Haemophagocytic syndrome.

52
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Aetiology of T-cell Lymphoma

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is varied but can include:
EBV
HTLV1

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Human T-cell Leukaemia Virus-1 (HTLV1)

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Retrovirus which is believed to contribute to cancer development in 5% of infected individuals.

54
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Is HTLV more common in animals or humans?

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Such viruses are common in animals, not so much in humans!

55
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Mechanism of HTLV

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Positive strand RNA genome and virus makes use of reverse transcriptase.

56
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How many specific serotypes of HTLV have geographical variation?

57
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Where is serotype A found?

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A found globally.

58
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C?

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C found in Asia (particularly Japan)

59
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The rest?

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Rest found mainly in Africa

60
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Most common Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma?

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mycoides fungoides

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Prognosis in MF

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is generally positive (70% 10 year)
Sezary syndrome can complicate this.

Generally die with it rather than because of it (old patients)

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There is three stages of MF

Describe stage 1

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Stage 2

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Stage 3

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Histological appearance, what is the one key aspect?

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Pautrier’s microabcesses are the lipid rich t cells washed away by prep of slide

66
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Sezary syndrome

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Often considered as an evolution/transformation of MF.

Haematological manifestations are present.

67
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What kind of manifestations does SS present with?

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Haematological manifestations are present.

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Kind of cells present?

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Buttock cells (cerebriform cells)

69
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cytogenetic abnormalities are common, which three?

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6q23-27
MYB
IL22RA2

70
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Treatment involves use of which monoclonal antibodies?

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Mogamulizumab
Brentuximab vedotin

Prognosis is poor.

Molecular Pathology (10 decks)

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