WBC Path Flashcards
bone marrow histology
sinusoids lined by endothelial cells with incomplete basement membrane and adventitial cells
enter blood via transcellular migration through endo
megs-adjacent to sinusoids
erythroid surround macrophages
grans hug bony trabeculae and mature centrally
immature phenotyp
CD34
myeloid
CD13, CD33, MPO (neutrophils), CD14 ,NSE (monocytes)
B cell
CD19, CD20, kappa and lambda chain
T cell
CD1, CD3, CD4, CD7, CD8, CD5
causes of lymphopenia
drugs-steroids, cytotoxic systemic illness or malignancy acute viral illness-IFN causes sequestration of T cells in LN malnutrition immunodef
neutropenia causes
suppression-aplastic, BM infiltrative process, infection, LGL, Kostmann syndrome (hypocellular marrow)
B12/folate deficiency, copper def, MDS, SLE, drugs, splenomegaly, overwhelming infections (hypercellular marrow)
consequences of neutropenia
mucosal ulcers-oropharynx
invasive infections of bladder and kidney and lungs
treat with GCSF
causes of lymphocytosis
transient stress-MI, seizure, trauma
drugs
viral illness-EBV, CMV, pertussis (due to toxin-unique and cool)
neutrophilia
cytokines, growth factors, and adhesion molecules
50% marginated, 50% circulating (of the 25% in blood)
causes of reactive neutrophilia
minutes-epinephrine, exercise, acute stress
hours-steroids, infection, inflammation
days-infection, GCSF tumors
toxic changes to neutrophils
granules with MPO
cytoplasmic granules
left shift
Dohle bodies
reactive causes of eosinophilia
allergic response
medication/drug hypersensitivity
connective tissue disease
parasitic infection
neoplastic causes of eosinophilia
T cell LPD
Hodgkin lymphoma
Pre-B ALL (5;14)
causes of monocytosis
infections-TB, rickettsia, malaria
inflammatory-SLE, UC
myeloid neoplasms
lymphadenopathy
lymph node enlargement
lymphadenitis
lymph node inflammation due to benign reactive process
causes of lymphadenopathy
infections autoimmune-RA, SLE drugs, silicone malignant-mets, lymphoma sarcoid
follicular hyperplasia
B cells
paracortical hyperplasia
cellular immune response
T cell expansion
chromosomal abnormalities in lymphoid precursors
inappropriate joining of VDJ recombinase cuts
chromosomal abnormalities in lymphoid mature
germinal B cell mutation class switch and somatic hypermutation
t(14;18)
follicular lymphoma
t(8;14)
Burkitt lymphoma
t(11;14)
mantle cell lymphoma
t(15;17)
acute promyelocytic leukemia
t(9;22)
chronic myelogenous leukemia
genetic instability increased risk for leukemia
Fanconi anemia
Bloom syndrome
Ataxia-Telangiectasia
Down syndrome and neurofibromatosis I
HTLV-1
adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma
HHV8
pleural effusion lymphoma
EBV
Burkitt lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma
immunodeficiency associated B cell lymphomas
HIV
increased risk of B cell lymphomas
H pylori
gastric lymphomas
lymphoma
mostly solid organ/tissue involvement
2/3 present with non-tender adenopathy
leukemia
mostly blood and/or bone marrow involvement
present with BM failure
plasma cell neoplasms
commonly arise in bone marrow
result in bony destruction
B type symptoms
fever, weight loss, night sweats
ALL
most common in children
Caucasian>black (hispanic highest incidence)
boys>girls
children>adults
Pre B ALL
highest at 4
10,19,22
34 Tdt
Pre T ALL
highest at adolescence
mediastinal mass
1,2,3,5,7
34 Tdt
clinical features of ALL
marrow failure sudden onset bone pain generalized adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly CNS sx
morphology of ALL
can look similar to AML
irregular contours, hand mirror
no MPO (would be present in AML)
B ALL cytogenetics
t(12;21) ETV6 and RUNX1
t(9;22) BCR ABL
T ALL cytogenetics
NOTCH
ALL prognosis
aggressive chemo and CNS prophylaxis
children better prognosis
favorable-2 to 10, low WBC, early B, trisomy 4,7,10
MRD
minimal residual disease
molecular detection after therapy is associated with worse outcome
CLL/SLL
most common leukemia of adults in the Western world
leukocytosis and mature lymphocytosis
clinical features CLL/SLL
> 50
most are asx
adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly
infections-hypogammaglobulinemia
CLL morphology
small mature lymphs with hyperclumped nuclear chromatin and smudge cells
SLL morphology
effaced, mimic germinal centers
immunotype CLL/SLL
CD19/5/23
dim 20 and light chain restricted
CLL/SLL cytogenetics
del13q, tri12, del11q, del17p
somatic hypermutation of IGHV gene
CLL/SLL prognosis
unmutated IGHV (CD38 and ZAP70), 17p worse prognosis
Richter syndrome
transformation to DLBCL
rapidly enlarging lymph node and/or spleen
follicular lymphoma
NHL that mimics normal lymphoid follicles
associated with translocations involving BCL2
clinical features follicular lymphoma
painless adenopathy, generalized or localized
BM almost always involved
rarely PB involved
centroblasts-mature cells used for staging
paratrabecular aggregates in BM
diff follicular lymphoma from hyperplasia
no polarization
no tingable bodies
reverse BCL2 staining
immunophenotype follicular lymphoma
CD19/20/10
prognosis follicular lymphoma
incurable but indolent
transformation to high grade or DLBCL
mantle cell lymphoma
resembles normal mantle zone cells
tumor cells aberrantly expressed CD5 and overexpress cyclin D1
clinical features of mantle cell lymphoma
painless, generalized lymphadenopathy
BM involvement in most
lymphomatoid polyposis=GI involvement
blastoid variant is more aggressive