Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Flashcards
What is non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma?
A (very!) heterogenous group of lymphomas which have several things in common:
- They are derived from lymphocytes.
- Are not Hodgkin’s lymphoma!
What % of lymphomas are non-Hodgkin’s
85%
What is Burkitt’s lymphoma?
B-cell germinal centre lymphoma.
What are the 3 variants?
Endemic
Sporadic
Immunodeficient
Do they have something in common?
Endemic and ID variants often associated with EBV.
What viral infection is associated with endemic varient?
endemic variant is geographically associated with malaria endemic regions.
How is Malaria is believed to increase patient susceptibility to EBV?
Sporozoites downregulate TNF-a, IL-6 and MCP-1
Sporozoites upregulate IL-10
Blood stage parasite can induce expression of sFGL2.
c-myc is associated with strongly with Burkitt’s.
What is the common cytogenetic abnormality?
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.
What about the other 15%?
T(2;8)(p12;q24)
T(8;22)(q24;q11)
The overall Morphological appearance of Burkitt’s in histology
“Starry skied” appearance under H&E.
Appearance of cytoplasm
Scant basophilic cytoplasm characterised by numerous lipid vacuoles
Appearance of nuclei
Round nuclei with stippled chromatin and multiple small nucleoli.
What other IHC stains give positive result?
Ki67.
Bcl-2 and Bcl-6
What is the Treatment for BL?
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.
How many cycles of treatment?
21 day cycle.
6-8 cycles.
Which of the following lymphoma would rituximab work against?
A Lymphoma negatively stained with anti-CD20
B Lymphoma positively stained with anti-CD20
B
Follicular Lymphoma
An extremely heterogenous (and poorly understood) disease.
At least 8 sub-types
FL accounts for what % of non-hodgkins?
Accounts for ~20% of NHL cases.
~2600 cases per annum in UK.
Where is in situ FL found?
Lymph nodes (hence in situ!)
What is in situ FL?
Presents as a monoclonal expansion of malignant (?) B-cells in germinal centres.
Is In situ FL significant?
Studies suggest that ISFL can be seen as a pre-cancerous condition.
Patients have a 3% chance of transforming into FL.
Smoking is believed to significantly increase the risk of ISFL. By what %?
45% more likely to develop ISFL than non-smokers.
Interestingly this finding may not apply to other FL.
H&E Lymph node with ISFL (low mag)
Same lymph node but with anti-Bcl-2
Initial cytogenetic abnormality of FL
seems to be t(14;18)(q32;q21).
Found in majority (~90%) of ISFL cases.
Accumulation of other abnormalities will then cause a transformation of ISFL into FL proper. What are Examples of common FL mutations?
Examples of common FL mutations include: Chromosome 1p36 deletion (70% of cases). KMT2D mutations (90% of cases). CREBBP mutations (~70% of cases)
Aggressive transformations are associated with which mutations?
CD58
CDKN2B
CD79B
Transformation of FL into more aggressive forms is quite common (50%)
Are transformations common in malignancy?
Transformations occur in many haematological malignancies and are associated with poor prognosis: Richter transformation CML -> ALL transformation MDS -> AML HL into NHL