Week 4 Friday Flashcards
Mantle cell lymphoma
t(11,14) translocation (heavy chain)
Low grade NHL
Follicular lymphoma
t(14,18) back to back follicles Grade 1-3 (3 bad) Low grade NHL Can spread to other tissues as white dots (which are follicules) hang out next to trabecular
Follicular lymphoma blood smear:
Little cells with slit
“Butt cells”
Low grade NHL
Marginal zone lymphoma
low grade NHL
Malt lymphoma
Associated with w helicobacter pylori
mycosis fungoides / sezary syndrome
low grade NHL skin lesions blood involvement *cerebriform lymphocytes (look like brains) *t-cell immunophenotype
sezary syndrome
end resuld of mycosis fungoides low grade NHL
pautrier microabscess
found in mycosis fungoides. in the skin.
Benign lymph node enlargement
most common
caused by infection
soft when palpating
can be painful
Malignant lymphadenopathy
most common cause is metastatic carcinoma
Hard when palpating
Painless
diffuse large cell lymphoma
large B cells
extranodal involvement, large cells that grows fast
bad prognosis
High grade NHL
lymphoblastic lymphoma
type types: t and b lymphoblasts diffuse pattern Same as ALL often seen in teenage MALE with mediastinal mass High grade NHL
Burkitt lymphoma
Children, extranodal mass
STARRY SKY PATTERN
african type (jaw) and non african type (abdomen)
t(8;14) (same as burkitt leukemia)
Starry sky pattern
Found in burkitt lymphoma
white dots are tingle body macrophages
Adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma
japan/caribbean basin
HTLV-1 (virus)
skin lesions, hypercalcemia
very aggressive
tingle body macrophage
non malignant macrophage just eating up all debris from high turnover. See them in germinal centers or any tumor that grows fast
T cell lymphomas?
Adults t-cell leukemia and mycosis fungoides