Path Heme/Onc/Pain/Suffering Flashcards
Dacrocytes morph and seen in
daCRYcyte
Teardrop cells
Seen in bone marrow shit (myelofibrosis) bc squeezed
Schittocyctes seen in and morph
Helmet cells (shizo guy and his helmet)
Seen in hemolytic anemias
Degmacytes morph and seen in
dejame una mordida
G6Pd defficiency
Acanthocytes seen in and morph
Spur cells
Liver disease
Spherocytes morph and seen in
donut
heriditary spherocytosis
Target cells seen in
HALT
HbC dx
Asplenia
Liver dx
Thalassemia
howell jolly bodies: what are they?
where they seen
Nuclear remnant not removed by spleen
seen in splenic dx
Heinz bodies what is and seen in
Precipitated hemoglobin on side of RBC
Removed by taking a bite
PUT HEINZ b4 BITE
Microcytic anemia cutoff
MCV less than 80
Microcytic anemia caused by
Hemoglobin issues
Deffective in thalassemia
Deficiencies
Megaloblastic anemia caused by
Defective DNA
Either folate/b12 deficiency or fanconi anemia
Macrocytic non megaloblastic seen in
Liver dx and alcholism
Reticulocyte count tells you
How well body is replacing the RBCs
Iron defficiency labs
Down: Iron, ferritin
Up: TIBC
Anemia of chronic dx labs
Down: iron, TIBC
Up: ferittin, hepcidin
Transferrin interchangable w
TIBC
α-Thalassemia presentation
Microcitic anemia
severity depends on how many genes affected
Cis/trans in α-Thalassemia by race
Cis: asians
Trans: africans
β-Thalassemia increases risk of _____ (pathogen). leads to:
Parvovirus
leads to aplastic anemia
β-Thalassemia population
mediterrenans
β-Thalassemia presentation
Severe microcytic anemia
Crew cut xray due to marrow expansion
Skeletal deformity (chipmunk face)
Lead inhibits
Ferrochelatase and ALA dehydratase
causes anemia and neuro shit
Sideroblasic anemia caused by
Genetic: x-linked ALA
Myeloplastic anemia
Alcohol
Sideroblastic anemia treatment
Pyridoxine
Sideroblastic anemia labs
Increased: iron, ferritin
Decreased: TIBC
Megaloblastic anemia features
Multilobed neutrophils
RBC enlargment
Folate vs B12 defficiency (labs and presentation)
Folate: ** Normal** methylmalonic acid, no neuro shit
B12: increased methylmalonic acid, neuro problems (meth fucks your brain)
Megaloblastic anemia common presentation
GLOSSITIS
large RBCs clog and sweel tongue
Fanconi anemia caused by
DNA repair defect, bone marrow failure
Aplastic anemia sx
Fatigue, malaise, pallor, mucosal bleeding and petechiae
G6PD cause and genes
Xlinked
RBCs get oxidative stress
Causes hemolysis
FAVA BEANS
Aplastic anemia marrow biopsy
hypocellular bone marrow w/ fatty infiltration
hemolytic anemia in newborn usually due to
Pyruvate kinase deffiency
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria presentation
negative coombs
pancytopenia
venous thrombi
caused by complement activation
Pyruvate kinase deffiency RBC morph
Burr cells
BURR PKD
Nocturnal hemoglobinuria mutation in
PIGA
fucks up GPI anchor which destabilizes membrane
Sickle cell genetics
Point mutation in B-globin gene.
HbS instead of HbA
Glutamic to valine
Sickle cell crisis due to
Oxidative stress, acidosis , low O2
deoxy hemoglobin S polymerizes
Sickle cell anemia aplastic crisis due to
Parvovirus
Sickle cell increased risk of (infection)
Salmonella osteomyelitis
Warm vs Cold autoimmune anemia (and similarities)
Warm: IgG (seen in lupus, CLL)
Cold: IgM (seen in mycoplasma, EBV, CLL)
Both: +Coombs, normocytic anemia
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia presentation and seen in
Seen in things that cause little clots
mechanical RBC destruction
Macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia due to
Heart valves (stenotic or prosthetic) causing RBC destruction
Lead poisoning what accumulates
ALA and protoporphyrin