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Unit 1: Intro to Leukocytic Disorders Flashcards

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↑ in 1 or more N. WBC types in p.b., OR the presence of
abnormal cell types in p.b.

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Leukocytosis

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Leukocytosis typically associated with total WBC count of > _____________ in adults.

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5,000/uL (15.0 X 109/L)

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Leukopenia is typically a decrease in _________ and./or __________. And is usually associated with a total WBC count of < ____________ in adults.

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neutrophils, lymphs

2500/uL (2.5 X 109/L)

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How do you calculate absolute count?

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Absolute Count (for that subtype) = Differential count (in %) X Total WBC Count

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How do you calculate absolute neutrophil count?

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ANC = 70% segs x 10,000/uL = 7,000uL

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Neutrophilia =

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Increased ANC > 7,000/uL (7.0 X 103/uL) in adults (Children respond with even higher % jumps in
WBC count than adults. Elderly respond with lower %
jumps than other adults.)

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Neutropenia =

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↓ ANC < 2000/uL (2.0 x 103/uL) in
adults. May be acquired (for example, in
chemotherapy) , or (rarely) inherited.

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Neutrophilia can be a qualitative or quantitative disorders. It results from what 3 major causes?

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  • Infection (bacterial or fungal, NOT viral!)
  • Inflammation
  • Malignancy
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When neutrophilia is not caused by malignancy, it is termed…

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“reactive” –
can be acute, immediate, or chronic in nature

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Due to redistribution from marginating pool to circulating
pool – waiting for egression into tissues

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Immediate Neutrophilia

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pseudoneutrophilia is what type of neutrophilia?

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Immediate Neutrophilia

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  • Increased neutrophils from BM due to infection
  • Increase in bands seen in p.b.
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Acute Neutrophilia

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  • Follows acute if stimulus continues
  • Increase in immature neutrophils in p.b. (left shift)
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Chronic Neutrophilia

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  • Pseudoneutrophilia
  • Aka. physiologic or relative neutrophilia; benign, transient ↑
    p.b. neutrophil count due to shift of marginating cells into
    the circulating pool. Caused by the release of what hormone?
    __________ in a stress response (Ex., in ketoacidosis, labor,
    tachycardia, azotemia, strenuous exercise.)
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epinephrine

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Temporary ↓ p.b. neutrophil count due to hypersensitivity
reaction, post-hypothermia, post-dialysis, with some
tranquilizers.

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Pseudoneutropenia

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Neutropenia:

  • Neutrophil count <1.5 x 109/L
  • Can occur due to:
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-Decreased bone marrow production
* Stem cell disorders, megaloblastic conditions, chemical
responses, and congenital disorders
- Increased cell loss
* Immune response, and hypersplenism
- Pseudoneutropenia

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  • Used due to the presence of nRBCs & a neutrophilic left shift
  • Total neutrophil count can be increased, decreased, or normal
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Leukoerythroblastic

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What morphology is associated with leukoerthoblastic?

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Observed poikilocytosis, teardrop cells, and anisocytosis

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Leukoerythroblastic is associated with…

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myeloproliferative disorders, myelophthisis, hemolytic anemias

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Mimics CML (chronic myeloid leukemia)
* Differentiation occurs by genetic analysis, and staining properties
* Transient disorder

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Leukemoid reaction

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Leukemoid reaction
* Response to severe infection, inflammation, or inflammatory response to malignancy
* WBC count greater than __________/L
*Many immature leukocytes in p.b. with toxic granulation, Döhle bodies, and
vacuoles

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50 x 10^9 /L

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What is the normal WBC % for bands, eosinophils, and basophils in adults?

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0-5

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What is the normal WBC % for segs in adults?

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What is the normal WBC % for lymphs in adults?

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What is the normal WBC% for monocytes and smudge cells in adults?
0-12
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Can automated analyzers detect neutrophil abnormalities?
No. identification occurs during the differential process
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3 most common cytoplasmic abnormalities?
1. Toxic granulation 2. Dohle Bodies 3. Vacuoles *All are reactive and transient due to the infectious process of the patient
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large, blue-black, altered 1 o cytoplasmic granules
Toxic Granulation
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What is a clue for artifactual toxic gran due to stain?
will be homogeneous throughout all cells!
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Normally, 1° granules loose their color as they mature, making their presence unseen in mature cells. * Toxic granulation becomes more visible as the cell response to __________. * Typically viewed as an artifact due to staining process
infection
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What is real toxic granulation associated with?
seen with Colony Stimulating Factor therapy.
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Real toxic granulation is usually seen in conjunction with...
neutrophilia, Dohle bodies, and a left shift
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small gray-blue cytoplasmic inclusions of neutrophils and eosinophils
Döhle bodies
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* Made of RNA remnants from rough endoplasmic reticulum * Typically found near edge of cell * Usually seen with toxic granulation * Seen in chemotherapy, burns, poisoning, & N. pregnancy. Cause unknown!
Döhle bodies
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Döhle bodies: CLUE: Tend to be ______ in old p.b. specimens, but appear blue in fresh blood.
gray
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What can cause picnotic segs?
-old samples -sepsis
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Cytoplasmic vacuolization in segs & bands - either due to:
*Autophagocytosis * Prolonged drug exposure (sulfa, chloroquine, ROH) or radiation; typically very small vacuoles, * Microbe ingestion/degradation * Typically large vacuoles (chemotherapy, poisoning, burns)
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What is the significance of cytoplasmic vacuolization in segs and bands with fresh blood?
septicemia
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CLUE: Pyknosis only significant if seen with other toxic changes; otherwise probably just __________.
artifact (old blood)
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Aka. Necrobiosis - shrunken, dying nuclei. Very prominent in sepsis.
Pyknotic nuclei in segs
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-Peanut-shaped or bilobed shape - Seen with Pelger-Huet anomaly, myeloproliferative or myelodysplastic disorders
Hyposegmentation in segs
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= > 6 nuclear lobes; prominent in chronic infections & severe Megaloblastic Anemia. * Rare hypersegmented seg is normal in p.b.!
Hypersegmentation in segs
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What are the 3 types of eosinophilia?
-inherited (rare) -reactive (most common) -Malignant
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Type of eosinophilia due to allergic responses (especially IV shunts & valves), drugs, skin diseases (eczema, psoriasis), parasitic infestations (helminths: flatworms & roundworms), & some autoimmune disorders.
reactive
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Type of eosinophilia, Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia & in some cases of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Malignant
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Eospinopenia is hard to detect in peripheral blood because the relative normal range is 0-5%. However, it can be detected using...
absolute eos. counts
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Eosinopenia is seen in response to...
emotional stress or recovery from infection.
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* Frequently seen along with eosinophilia in CML. * Found in hypothyroidism & ulcerative colitis
Basophilia “ ↑ Basos = CML? & ↓ thyroid function“
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Basopenia can be seen in response to...
emotional stress or hyperthyroidism. “ ↓ Basos = ↑ thyroid function"
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How can Basopenia be detected?
using serial absolute baso counts
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Monocytosis occurs in many of the same conditions as ___________bc. they share common stem cell.
neutrophilia
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Monocytes convert into tissue macrophages as needed. Their degradative action requires enzymatic hydrolysis in ____ lysosomes (using lipases, proteases, non-specific esterases or NSEs, lysozyme, etc.)
secondary
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* Monocytosis seen whenever there’s ↑ cell damage (Examples: active TB, long-term syphilis, parasitic / rickettsial infections, some autoimmune diseases, trauma, _________________________, & in monocytic leukemias.)
subacute bacterial endocarditis
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Lymphocytosis = ↑ p.b. lymphocytes is seen in
Seen in VIRAL INFECTIONS – Mononucleosis, CMV, toxoplasmosis, etc
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Lymphocytopenia = ↓ p.b. lymphocytes is seen in...
Seen in some lymphomas,secondary to some malignancies, & in active TB & AIDS
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Reactive lymphocytes are also called?
“atypical lymphs” or “variant lymphs” -* Great variance in presentation!! * Can be large, granular, small, clefted, or have vacuoles
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What is the significance of reactive lymphs?
Evidence that the body is working – generally not associated with a poor diagnosis, unless there are a great number in the p.b -Counted during a differential as a lymph and noted as a ‘reactive’, ‘atypical’, or ‘variant’

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