Wbc, LN, Spleen Thymus Flashcards
How to compute for normal cellularity of bone marrow.
100-age
Cause for dose related neutropenia
Alkylating agents
Lifespan of neutrophils
1-2 days
Produces hypercellular marrow but has blood component production problem
Mds and megaloblastic anemia
Type of leukocytosis seen in mds
Basophilic
Toxic granules seen in leukocytosis due to severe sepsis
Dohle bodies
Tests to differentiate leukemoid reaction from cml
Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase and crp. Elevated in leukemoid
Drugs that cause neutropenia
Aminopyrine, ptu, chloramphenicol, sulfa drugs, phenylbutazine
Swollen, gray-red and engorged lymph nodes
Acute lymph adenitis
Proliferating blast-like b cells seen in follicular hyperplasia
Centroblasts
B cells with cleaved nuclear contours
Centrocytes
Phagocytic macrophages containing the nuclear debris of b cells
Tingible body macrophages
Type of lymph adenitis seen in breast cancer
Sinus histiocytosis
Most common cancer in children
All
most common all antigen
CALLA or cd 10
Translocation on ALL
T 12:21
What chemi agent is used or ALL and what is its catastrophic side effect
Asparaginas Pancreatitis
Vehicle used to deliver chemo for ALL to cns sanctuary sites
Ommaya shunt
Distinctive needle like azurophillic granules seen in aml and apml
Auer rods
Antigen profile of aml
Mpo cd 33 and cd 34 positive
Translocation seen in apml
T 15:17
Treatment for apml
All trans retinoic acid
Translocation in aml
T 9:22
Scattered macrophages with abundant wrinkled green blue cytoplasm seen in cml
Sea-blue histiocytes
Asymptomatic phase of cml
Chronic phase
Phase of cml where disease is progressing. 10-19% myeloblasts in bone marrow
Accelerated phase
Final phase of cml. >20% myeloblast in bm
Blast crisis
Treatment for cml. side effect
Imatinib. Fluid retention. Chf
Absolute lymphocyte count of cll
> 4000
Absolute lymphocyte count of sll