Leukemia is a clonal malignant
disease of hematopoietic
progenitor cells.
literally means WHITE BLOOD
LEUKEMIA
ACUTE
CHRONIC
MYELOID
LYMPHOID
PRESENTATION ACUTE CHRONIC
ONSET ABRUPT INSIDIOUS
AGE ALL AGES ADULTS
TOTAL COUNT LOW/NORMAL/
ELEVATED
ELEVATED
BLASTS 20 OR
ABOVE 20 %
BELOW 20
%
ORGANOMEGALY MILD SEVERE
ACUTE
LEUKEMIAS
Myeloid
Lymphoid
AML ALL
MALIGNANT
PROLIFERATION OF
MYELOID
PROGENITORS
MALIGNANT
PROLIFERATION OF
IMMATURE
LYMPHOCYTES
85 % ABOVE 15 YEARS
( 15 –39 )
85 % BELOW 15 YEARS
(2 –10 )
PHILADELPHIA
CHROMOSOME -VE
PHILADELPHIA
CHROMOSOME + VE
CML CLL/SLL
IT’S ONE OF
MPD.TUMOR OF
PLURIPOTENT
STEM CELL
PROBLEM WITH
LYMPHOID STEM
CELL . ALMOST B
CELL TYPE
25 –60 YRS PEAK –
4
TH
& 5
TH
DECADE
> 50 YRS
PHILADELPHIA
CHROMOSOME +
GENETIC FINDINGS
RARE
CLINICAL PROGRESSION
CML
CML
ETIOLOGY OF CML
MORPHOLOGY
CML-CHRONIC PHASE
GARDEN PARTY APPEARANCE
SMEAR -CLL
SMUDGE CELLS
MATURE
LYMPHOCYTES
SCHOOL GIRLS APPEARANCE
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
What is the main problem with
a malignant lesion?
Symptoms are due to
1)Space consumption by the
tumor
2)Tissue infiltration
3)Viscosity of blood
4)Extramedullary hematopoiesis
5)High cell turnover
LYMPHOID
NEOPLASMS
HODGKIN AND NONHODGKIN
LYMPHOMA
LYMPHOMA
HODGKIN
LYMPHOMA
NONHODGKIN
LYMPHOMA
SINGLE AXIAL GROUP
OF NODES
MULTIPLE PERIPHERAL
NODES
CONTIGUITY OF
SPREAD
NONCONTIGUOUS SPREAD
WALDEYER RING ,
MESENTERIC NODES
RARELY INVOLVED
COMMONLY INVOLVED
EXTRANODAL
INVOLVEMENT RARE
COMMON
CLASSIFICATION
1994 REVISED EUROPEAN AMERICAN
CLASSIFICATION OF LYMPHOID
NEOPLASMS (REAL)
WHO –UPDATED REAL
CLASSIFICATION
WHO CLASSIFICATION
PRECURSOR B CELL NEOPLASMS
PERIPHERAL B CELL NEOPLASMS
PRECURSOR T CELL NEOPLASMS
PERIPHERAL T/ NK CELL NEOPLASMS
HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
B CELL NEOPLASMS
T / NK CELL NEOPLASMS
HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
Hodgkin lymphoma
Only 0.7% of all cancers but disease generally
of young (mean age at dx 32)
Bimodal (second peak in elderly)
??associated with EBV (mixed cellularity 70%
+ vs nodular sclerosing 0%)
HISTORY
THOMAS HODGKIN -1832
WILKS -Rediscovered the original article
1865
Reed and Sternberg described tumor giant
cells –Reed-sternberg cells
CELL OF ORIGIN
GERMINAL CENTRE OR POST
GERMINAL CENTRE B
CELL
EBV ASSOCIATION
FREQUENT PRESENCE OF EBV
EPISOMES IN R S CELLS OF MANY
CASES OF MIXED CELLULARITY TYPE.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
PAINLESS ENLARGEMENT OF
LYMPHNODES
SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS –FEVER,
NIGHT SWEATS, WEIGHT LOSS
ALCOHOL –PAIN IN NODES
HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY
REED-STERNBERG CELLS
15-45 micrometer
Multiple nuclei
Each large inclusion
like nucleolus
nucleolus size-small
lymphocyte
Mixed cellularity
PROGNOSIS
NODULAR SCLEROSIS EXCELLENT
MIXED CELLULARITY VERY GOOD
LYMPHOCYTE RICH GOOD
LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETED WORST
N L P H D BEST
What is this cell ?
Cart wheel or clock face appearence
Plasma cell
What is it’s function ?
What is the
neoplasm that arise
from this cell ?
MULTIPLE
MYELOMA
PLASMA CELL MYELOMA
MULTIPLE MYELOMA IS A PLASMACELL
NEOPLASM CHARACTERIZED BY
INVOVEMENT OF THE SKELETON AT
MULTIPLE SITES.
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
MOST COMMON BONE TUMOR
OLD AGE
M > F
COMMON SITE –BONE
OTHER SITES –LYMPHNODE ,
SKIN
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
DEPENDS ON
BONE INVOLVEMENT
INCREASED ABNORMAL Ig
PRODUCTION
DECREASED IMMUNITY
MARROW FAILURE
RENAL FAILURE
AMYLOIDOSIS
Î Abnormal Ig & light chain production
IgG–55 % , IgA –25 % ,others rare.
IgA is associated with hyperviscosity.
Light chain –bencejones proteins.
> 3 gms/ dl Igin serum (M protein).
> 6 gms/ dl BJ protein in urine.
60 –70 % both BJ & M proteins +
20 % only BJ protein,
1% nonsecretory.
Amyloidosis
Etiology &
pathogenesis
Environmental Genetic
Radiation exposure
Paper industry
Wood work
Petroleum , benzene
Plastic & rubber
industry
Hyperdiploidy
Trisomy 3,7,9,11
Monosomy13,x
Translocation
involving 14
Deletion of 13q
Rb& RAS
mutation
P53 mutation
Factors which help survival &
proliferation of plasma cells
IL –6
TGF –β
IL -1α
IL -1β
VEGF
bFGF
GM -CSF
MORPHOLOGY
PERIPHERAL SMEAR
INVESTIGATIONS
X RAY
PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
ESR
CBC
SMEAR & BONEMARROW
IMMUNOPHENOTYPING
URINE BENCE JONES
PROTEIN