PATHO PEARLS Flashcards
Abnormally low white blood cell count
LEUKOPENIA
Reduction in number of neutrophils in blood
NEUTROPENIA
Clinically significant reduction in neutrophils wherein serious consequence of making individuals susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections
AGRANULOCYTOPENIA
Increase in number of white cells in blood
LEUKOCYTOSIS
Inflammation of lymph nodes
LYMPHADENITIS
Neoplasms in bone marrow in which tumor cells are found in the peripheral blood
LEUKEMIA
Malignant transformation of lymphoid cells residing primarily in lymphoid tissues especially in the lymph nodes
LYMPHOMA (Not necessarily on lymph nodes, can be seen in other immune cells)
Low platelet, leukopenia, anemia
PANCYTOPENIA
Characterized by increased marrow production of red cells, granulocytes and platelets
PANMYELOSIS
Elevated platelet count
THROMBOCYTOSIS
Platelet <150,000
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Increase in WBC count with left shift (Eg. 80% bands) and high leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
LEUKEMOID REACTION (Paraneoplastic Conditions)
Solid focus of leukemia outside the bone marrow
CHLOROMA (like Metastatic Leukemia)
Differentiate Leukemoid reaction from CML
LEUKEMOID REACTION has high Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase; CML has very low Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase
Cause of Thrombocytopenia
HIT SHOC: HIT or HUS, ITP, TTP or treatment drugs, Splenomegaly, Hereditary, Others (Malignancy), Chemotherapy
Type of Leukocytosis in Acute conditions like Myocardial Infarction, Fracture and Ischemic Stroke
NEUTROPHILIA
Type of Leukocytosis in Viral Infections, TB
LYMPHOCYTES
Type of Leukocytosis in Neoplasms, Asthma, Collagen Vascular disease, ALLERGIC reaction, parasites
EOSINOPHILS
Type of Leukocytosis seen in Chronic Infections
MONOCYTES
Type of Leukocytosis in CML, Mast Cell degranulation
BASOPHILS
Abnormal azurophilic (primary) granules, HPx: Toxic granules
SEVERE INFECTIONS, SEPSIS
Patches of dilated ER that appear as Sky- Blue cytoplasmic PUDDLES, HPx: Dohle Bodies
SEVERE INFECTIONS, SEPSIS
Distinctive needle-like azurophilic granules found in myeloblasts, HPx: Auer Rods
AML
Scattered macrophage with abundant wrinkled Green blue cytoplasm, HPx: Sea Blue Histiocytes
CML