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WBC Disorders VIII Flashcards

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chimeric BCR-ABL gene

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chronic myeloid leukemia - CML

MPD

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reciprocal (9;22) (q34;q11) translocation

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philadelphia chromosome

90% creates the BCR-ABL gene of CML

BCR - 22
ABL - 9

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myeloproliferative disorders

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mostly - multipotent progenitor that gives rise to erythrocytes, platelets, granulocytes

less common - pleuripotent giving rise to lymphoid and myeloid clls

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CML clinical

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adult 50yo
males

fatigue, weak, weight loss, anorexia

abdominal pain/fullness - dragging sensation in abdomen
-due to EMH

LUQ pain - splenic infarct

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sea blue histiocytes

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scattered macrophage with wrinkled green-blue cytoplasm

in CML

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diagnosis of CML

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leukocytosis - possibly >100,000
hypercellular bone marrow - granulocytes, eosinos, basos, megas
-sea blue histiocytes and reticulin

LOW LAP**

detection of Ph1 or BCR-ABL fusion gene - chromosomal analysis or PCR based tests

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LAP

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leukocyte alkaline phosphatase

  • low in CML
  • high in reactive node - leukamoid rxn
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CML prognosis

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untreated - slow progression

3 year survival - no tx

50% accelerated phase - blast crisis in 6-12 months
-to AML (majority) or ALL

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ikaros mutation

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lymphoid blast crisis in CML

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Tx of CML

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BCR-ABL inhibitor - remission 90%

young pt - HSC transplant

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panmyelosis

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increased platelets

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polycythemia vera

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increased red cells, granulocytes, and platelets

RBC increase - polycythemia - most of symptoms

low EPO levels

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low EPO, JAK 2 mutation, bone marrow study

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polycythemia vera

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P. rubra vera

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polycythemia vera

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PCV

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polycythemia vera

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clinical for polycythemia vera

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late middle age
-insidious onset

pruritis, HA, HTN, GI ulcers, splenomegaly

elevated hematocrit**

bleeding and thrombosis

thrombocytosis >500,000 and many abnormal

DVT, MI, stroke

hyperuricemia - gout

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Tx of polycythemia vera

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phlebotomy - control RBC mass
-increase life expectancy from months to 10 years

JAK2 inhibitors

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spent stage

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polycythemia vera

aftet 10 years

fibrosis of marrow - and massive splenomegaly (due to EMH)

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no tx with PCV

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die from bleeding in months

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essential thrombocytosis

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increased platelet count
no polycythemia

point mutation in JAK2 or MPL

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JAK2 or MPL mutation

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essential thrombocytosis

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essential thrombocytosis clinical

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uncommon
adults > 60yo
insidious onset

high peripheral platelet count

platelets enlarged and abnormal

dx of exclusion - rule out other MPDs

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dx of essential thrombocytosis

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bone marrow biopsy

-megakaryocyte significant increase

24
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tx of essential thrombocytosis

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chemotherapy

25
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essential thrombocytosis prognosis

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survival 12-15 yrs

progression to AML uncommon

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ET

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essential thrombocytosis

27
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erythromelagia

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throbbing and burning hands and feet because of small arteriole occlusion and platelet aggregation

with ET

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primary myelofibrosis

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obliterative marrow fibrosis caused by non-neoplastic fibroblasts

difficult to treat

pt >60yo

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PDGF and TGF-beta

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fibroblast activators

increased in primary myelofibrosis

30
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JAK2 and MPL mutations

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present in primary myelofibrosis

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agnogenic myeloid metaplasia

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early in progression of primary myelofibrosis

32
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normocytic, normochromic anemia with leukoerythroblastosis on peripheral smear

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primary myelofibrosis

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primary myelofibrosis prognosis

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death 3-5 years

-complications from cytopenias

34
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tx primary myelofibrosis

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JAK2 inhibitor

HSC transplant in young

35
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tear drop shaped RBCs

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dacrocytes
-damaged from fibrotic marrow

seen in primary myelofibrosis

36
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histiocytoses

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macrophages and dendritic cells

37
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S100, CD1a, HLA-DR

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positive in langerhans cell histiocytosis

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langerhans cell histiocytosis

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considered neoplastic

39
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birbeck granules

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racket shaped
-vesicular nuclei with linear grooves or folds and vacuolated cytoplasm

in langerhans cell histiocytosis

40
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mutations in BRAF

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langerhans cell histiocytosis and hairy cell leukemia

41
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letterer-siwe disease

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multifocal/multisystem langerhans cell histiocytosis

42
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seborrheic eruption

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skin lesion in multifocal LCH

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LCH

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langerhans cell histiocytosis

44
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multifocal/multisystem LCH clinical

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before age 2

cutaneous lesions, fever, infection, chronic otitis media, mastoiditis

hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, pulmonary and bone lesions

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multifocal/multisystem LCH prognosis

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rapidly fatal

intense chemo - 50% 5 year survival

46
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eosinophilic granuloma

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unifocal and multifocal/unisystem LCH

-langerhans cells mixed with eosinos, lymphocytes, plasma cell, neutrophils

47
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unifocal LCH

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skeletal system in older children

calvarium, ribs, femur

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multifocal unisystem LCH

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erosive bony masses in children

diabetes insipidus - pituitary stalk of hypothalamus

49
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diabetes insipidus

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multifocal unisystem LCH

50
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hand schuller christain triad

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calvarial bone defect
diabetes insipidus
exopthalmos

in multifocal unisystem LCH

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tx for multifocal unisytem LCH

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chemotherapy

52
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tx for unifocal LCH

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local excision - or radiation - cures most

53
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adult smoker

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pulmonary LCH

54
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pulmonary LCH

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multiple fine nodules and cysts in middle upper long zones

-BRAF mutation - neoplastic

with cigarette smoking**

cessation - may regress**

rare

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