White Blood Cell Disorders

Question 1

Leukopenia

Answer 1

low white cell count, usually low neutrophils (neutropenia)

Question 2

Leukocytosis

Answer 2

increased white cell count, may be a consequence of infection or inflammation

Question 3

Leukaemias

Answer 3

malignant (neoplastic) proliferation of white cells or their precursors

Question 4

Lymphomas

Answer 4

Lymphoid neoplasm

Question 5

Multiple myeloma

Answer 5

Plasma cell neoplasm

Question 6

Non epithelial cancers that arise from haematopietic tissues

Answer 6

Leukaemia
Myeloma
Lymphoma

Question 7

What are haematological malignancies

Answer 7

Haematological malignancies are clonal diseases that derive from a single cell in the bone marrow or peripheral lymphoid tissue, that has undergone genetic alteration

Question 8

Multiple myeloma

Answer 8

• A neoplastic proliferation characterised by plasma cell accumulation in the bone marrow
• A plasma cell is a mature B lymphocyte
• Secrete a single type of antibody (monoclonal)

Question 9

Lymphoma

Answer 9

• Lymphoma is a cancer that begins in cells of the lymph system
• Lymphoma can occur in both children and adults
-there are 2 main types:Hodgkin’s lymphoma,non-Hodgkin lymphoma