WBC (Malignant) Flashcards
Fatal systemic disease characterized by ________
excessive proliferation of clone of immature blood
Derived from hematopoietic stem cells
Leukemia
Immature blast cells are accompanied by
anemia and thrombocytopenia
specific names depends on the following
-tissue which they are found
-cells they are associated
-definitive cells they are produce
Etiology of leukemia
-radiation
-chemicals
-genetics/familial disease
-viruses
-primitive immune defects
-myeloproliferative disorders
oncogene
encodes protein vital in signal transduction, induction of cancer
chromosomal aberration including aneuploidy and breakage down syndrome
trisomy 21
excessive chromosomal breakage
fanconi sysndrome
marked chromosal breakage and arrangement
bloom syndrome
viruses uses enzyme
reverse transcriptase
associated with burkitt lymphoma and IM
Epstein barr virus
associated with T cell leukemia and lymphoma
Human t cell lymphototorphic virus
proto oncogenes
c-abi and c-sis
according to age
acute leukemia
chronic lymphocytic
Chronic grabulocytic
below 20
more than 50
20-50
resting lymphocte
-low level of dna replication
-poor host for many virus
-gene expression regulated
dividing lymphocyte
-high dna replication
-susceptible to potentially
-loss of control over gene expression
Laboratory findings
L1
variable wbc count < 20x10^9/L
Laboratory findings
L2
elevated wbc count > 20x10^9/L
Laboratory findings
L3
normal and elevated wbc count