Robbins Flashcards
Blood cell progenitors first appear during the third week of embryonic development in the
yolk sac
Cells derived from the _____ are the source of long-lived tissue macrophages such as microglial cells in the brain and Kupffer cells in the liver
yolk sac
During the third month of embryogenesis, HSCs migrate to the ______, which becomes the chief site of blood cell formation until shortly before birth
liver
By birth, _____ hematopoietically active, and hepatic hematopoiesis dwindles to a trickle, persisting only in scattered foci that become inactive soon after birth.
bone marrow
T/F After puberty, hematopoiesis continuous throughout the entire skeleton.
False:
After puberty, hematopoiesis ceases in distal bones and becomes restricted to the axial skeleton.
refers to the ability of a single hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) to generate all mature blood cells.
Pluripotency
T/F In adulthood, HSCs are immobile and remain in the bone marrow
False
Under conditions of stress, such as severe anemia or acute inflammation, HSCs are mobilized from the bone marrow and appear in the peripheral blood
some divisions of HSCs give rise to cells referred to as ________, which are more proliferative than HSCs but have a lesser capacity for self-renewal
multipotent progenitors
T/F In acute viral infections, lymphopenia stems from an overall decrease in the number of lymphocytes in the body
False
In acute viral infections, lymphopenia actually stems from lymphocyte redistribution (sequestration of activated T cells in lymph nodes and increased adherence to endothelial cells)
2 causes of neutropenia
inadequate or ineffective granulopoiesis
increased destruction or sequestration of neutrophils in the periphery
The most common cause of agranulocytosis is
drug toxicity
mechanisms of leukocytosis (4)
Increased Marrow Production
Increased Release From Marrow Stores
Decreased Margination
Decreased Extravasation Into Tissues
T/F exercise may cause leukocytosis as it decreases margination
True
In _________ leukocytosis is often accompanied by morphologic changes in neutrophils, such as toxic granulations, Döhle bodies, and cytoplasmic vacuoles
sepsis or severe inflammatory disorders
This morpholigic change in neutrophils called______ are coarser and darker than normal neutrophilic granules and represent abnormal azurophilic (primary) granules
toxic granules
This morpholigic change in neutrophils called ____ are patches of dilated endoplasmic reticulum that appear as sky-blue cytoplasmic “puddles.”
Döhle bodies
hyperplasia caused by stimuli that activate humoral immune responses. It is defined by the presence of large oblong germinal centers (secondary follicles), which are surrounded by a collar of small resting naive B cells (the mantle zone)
follicular hyperplasia
macrophages in the germinal centers containing the nuclear debris of B cells are called
tingible-body macrophages
When do B cells in the germinal centers undergo apoptosis?
B cells in the germinal centers undergo apoptosis if they fail to produce an antibody with a high affinity for the presented antigen
Features favoring a reactive follicular (nonneoplastic) hyperplasia (3)
- preservation of the lymph node architecture, including the interfollicular T-cell zones and the sinusoids
- marked variation in the shape and size of the follicles
- presence of frequent mitotic figures, phagocytic macrophages, and recognizable light and dark zones, all of which tend to be absent from neoplastic follicles
hyperplasia caused by stimuli that trigger T-cell–mediated immune responses, such as acute viral infections
Paracortical hyperplasia
is marked by an increase in the number and size of the endothelial cells that line lymphatic sinusoids and increased numbers of intrasinusoidal macrophages, which expand and distort the sinusoids
Sinus histiocytosis
Three lymphotropic viruses implicated as causative agents in particular lymphomas
HTLV-1
EBV
HHV-8
World Health Organization (WHO) classification scheme uses morphologic, immunophenotypic, genotypic, and clinical features to sort the lymphoid neoplasms into five broad categories namely
- Precursor B-cell neoplasms
- PeripheralB-cellneoplasms
- Precursor T-cell neoplasms
- Peripheral T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms
- Hodgkin lymphomas
T/F Lymphoid neoplasia can be diagnosed based on clinical features
False
Lymphoid neoplasia can be suspected based on clinical features, but histologic examination of lymph nodes or other involved tissues is required for diagnosis
T/F all daughter cells derived from the malignant progenitor share the same antigen receptor gene configuration and sequence and synthesize identical antigen receptor proteins
true
T/F vast majority of lymphoid neoplasms are of B-cell origin
True
T/F Lymphoid neoplasms are often associated with immune abnormalities
True
T/F Non-Hodgkin lymphoma spreads in an orderly stepwise fashion, whereas most forms of Hodgkin lymphomas disseminate widely and somewhat unpredictably early in their course
False
Hodgkin lymphoma spreads in an orderly stepwise fashion, and most forms of NHL disseminate widely and unpredictably early in their course
the most common cancer of children
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma (ALL)
T/F Peak incidence of B-ALL is in adolescence, the age when the thymus reaches maximum size
False, T-ALL
Most T-ALLs have mutations in ___ a gene that is essential for T-cell development
NOTCH1
a high fraction of B-ALLs have mutations affecting genes such as ___(4) , all of which are required for the proper differentiation of early hematopoietic precursors
PAX5, TCF3, ETV6, and RUNX1
Histochemical stains are helpful in distinguishing ALL from AML, that (in contrast to myeloblasts) lymphoblasts are myeloperoxidase (positive or negative?)
negative
_____ is a specialized DNA polymerase that is expressed only in pre-B and pre-T lymphoblasts and ihc staining for this is positive in 95% of cases of ALL
terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)
B-ALL lymphoblasts usually express the pan B-cell marker CD19 and the transcription factor PAX5 as well as CD10. However, in very immature B-ALLs, one of the 3 is negative.
CD10
in T-ALLs these usual T-cell anitgens are negative in more immature tumors (3)
CD3, CD4, and CD8
factors are associated with a worse prognosis in ALL (3)
- <2 years of age
- presentation in adolescence or adulthood
- peripheral blood blasts greater than 100,000
factors are associated with a favorable prognosis in ALL (5)
- age between 2 and 10 years
- low white cell count
- hyperdiploidy
- trisomy of chromosome 4, 7, and 10
- presence of t(12;21)
T/F The BCR-ABL protein in B-ALL with a t(9;22), has stronger tyrosine kinase activity than the form of BCR-ABL that is found in chronic myeloid leukemia
True
T/F Clinical presentations of ALL and AML vary widely
False
they are clinically very similar
The most common genetic anomalies in CLL/SLL are (4)
deletions of 13q14.3, 11q, and 17p and trisomy 12q
T/F. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) differ only in the degree of peripheral blood lymphocytosis
True
overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein ______, is uniformly observed in CLL/SLL
BCL2
pathognomonic for CLL/SLL
proliferation centers
In this peripheral B-Cell neoplasm, lymph nodes are diffusely effaced by predominantly small lymphocytes 6 to 12 μm in diameter with round to slightly irregular nuclei, condensed chromatin, and scant cytoplasm.
CLL/SLL
In CLL/SLL the blood contains variable numbers of small round lymphocytes with scant cytoplasm. Some of these cells are usually disrupted in the process of making smears, producing so-called
smudge cells
CLL/SLL has a distinctive immunophenotype. The tumor cells express the pan B-cell markers CD19 and CD20, as well as _______(2)
CD23 and CD5
Transformation of CLL/SLL to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is called _____ syndrome
Richter syndome
Richter syndrome is often heralded by the development of a rapidly enlarging mass within a lymph node or the spleen. It is often associated with acquisition of new abnormalities involving the genes _____(2)
TP53 and MYC
Follicular lymphoma is strongly associated with chromosomal translocations involving
BCL2
hallmark translocation of folliulcar lymphoma which leads to overexpression of BCL2
t(14;18)
Two principal cell types present in varying proportions in follicular lymphoma
centrocytes
centroblasts
in follicular lymphoma large cells with open nuclear chromatin, several nucleoli, and modest amounts of cytoplasm, are referred to as
centroblasts
in follicular lymphoma small cells with irregular or cleaved nuclear contours and scant cytoplasm are referred to as
centrocytes
follicular lymphoma ihc:
CD20
CD10
BCL6
BCL2
CD5
CD20 +
CD10 +
BCL6 +
BCL2 +
CD5 -
T/F Follicular lymphoma is incurable
True