WBC DISORDERS - 1 Flashcards
Acute leukemias, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Myelodysplastic syndrome
Why do you get plethora in PV?
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Increased RBC mass causes distension of venous side of circulation
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What is this called?
Known case of CML now presenting with increasing anemia and thrombocytopenia, increased resistance to therapy, falling platelet counts, and increasing numbers of basophils and blasts.
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Accelerated phase of CML
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Thrombotic manifestations of Polycythemia Vera
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MI
DVT
Stroke
Hepatic veins- Budd Chiari Syndrome
Mesenteric and portal- Bowel infarction
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What is this phase called?
Known case of CML , now presenting with severe anemia, thrombocytopenia, peripheral blood smear showing numerous blast cells not containing Auer rods
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blast crisis of CML
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- What risk of transformation do all the Myeloproliferative neoplasms carry?
- List all the Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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- Acute myeloid leukemia(AML)
- a.CML
b. PV
c. ET
d. Primary myelofibrosis
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What’s the special name for the derivative chromosme 22 wherein there is Reciprocoal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 producing an ABR-BCL fusion gene ?
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Philadelphia chromosome
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- Relative/ absolute polycythemia?
normal plasma volume
increased RBC mass
normal SaO2
Increased EPO
- List 2 conditions where this scenario may be encountered
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- Absolute- inappropriate
- Renal cell carcinoma/ Hepatocellular carcinoma
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elderly
weakness
prior history of radiation therapy
anemia+thrombocytopenia
ringed sideroblasts on bone marrow
image finding (see attached)
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Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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Look at clues provided and the image- diagnosis?
elderly
persistently elevated platelet count>450,000/microliter
JAK 2 mutation
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Essential Thrombocytosis
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Underlying mutation in Polycythemia Vera
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JAK 2
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- Erythropoietin levels in Polycythemia Vera - High/Low?
- Why?
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- Low
- Mutation of JAK 2 causes the transformed progenitor cells to have decreased requirement for EPO.
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Underlying mutation in primary myelofibrosis
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JAK 2 -50-60%
MPL - 5-10%
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- Known case of Polycythemia Vera, now presenting with splenomegaly.
What findings do you expect on BM biopsy?
- What is this phase of Polycythemia Vera called?
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- Fibrosis which obliterates the bone marrow. As a result of fibrosis, there is extensive extramedullary hematopoiesis leading to splenomegaly
- Spent phase
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Pan T cell lineage markers
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CD 3, CD 5
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minimum percentage of blasts in the bone marrow to term it a leukemia
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20%
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1.Diagnosis?
fever, sore throat, gray white membrane on tonsils, posterior auricular lymphadenopathy
Monospot test positive
2. Causative organism?
3. Peripheral smear finding?
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- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Epstein Barr Virus
- Lymphocytosis
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What is the cause for the appearance of the splenectomy specimen seen in this image?
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis
It expands the red pulp of the spleen, effaces the white pulp producing a ‘beefy red’ appearance.
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What do the inclusions seen in the cytoplasm of this cell represent?
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needle like azurophilic granules - Auer rods
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