WBC Disorders Flashcards
Main causes neutropenia
Drug reactions (chemo) Severe infections
Treatment for neutropenia
Treat infection
If chemo induced: GM-CSF or G-CSF
Causes lymphopenia
Immunodeficiency, e.g. DiGeorge
High cortisol states (causes apoptosis lymphos)
AI destruction, e.g. SLE
Whole body radiation
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Lymphocytes
Causes neutrophilia
Bacterial infection
Tissue necrosis
High cortisol states: disrupts marginating pool
Left shift
Inflammation causes increased immature neutrophils, marked by fewer Fc receptors (CD16)
Causes monocytosis
Chronic inflamm states
Malignancy
Causes eosinophilia
Neoplasia (HODGKINS--via IL-5 production) Allergy, Asthma Addison's Collagen vascular diseases Parasitic infections
Cause basophilia
CML
Causes lymphocytic leukocytosis
Viral infections
Bordetella pertussis
Infectious mononucleosis
EBV>CMV
Reactive CD8+ cells
Generalized LAD, splenomegaly (PALS), high lympho count with atypical lymphos
Monospot test detecte heterophile IgM Abs; definitive test with EBV viral capsid antigen
Risk splenic rupture–no contact sports 1 yr
Acute leukemia
Blasts >20%
Crowd out normal hematopoiesis so present with signs/sxs cytopenias: anemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia
Marker for ALL
Tdt+
Marker for AML
MPO
Which leukemia associated with Down’s after age 5
ALL
Which leukemia associated with Down’s before age 5
Acute megakaryoblastic anemia
Markers B-ALL
CD1-, CD19, CD20