4. Acute and Chronic Leukemia
Acute Leukemia (AML and ALL)
excess myeloblasts or lymphoblasts
short clinical course (weeks to months)
Chronic Leukemia (CML and CLL)
accumulation of mature granulocytes or lymphocytes
longer clinical course (several to many years)
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14. CML – Peripheral Blood and BM Findings
Peripheral smear can only give a presumptive
diagnosis of CML, you need to confirm the t(9;22) :
1) leukocytosis with a ‘left shift
2) normocytic anemia
3) thrombocytosis in 50% of pts
4) absolute eosinophilia with a normal % of Eos.
5) absolute and relative increase in basophils
6) LAP score is low (not frequently employed)
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15. Bcr-Abl and CML
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produces a new, abnormal gene called bcr-abl. This abnormal gene produces Bcr-
Abl tyrosine kinase, an abnormal protein that causes the excess WBCs typical of
CML.
16. Diagnostic Considerations in CML
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Karyotyping
Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH)
Quantitative RT-PCR for Bcr-Abl
17. Karyotyping in CML
Allows for the diagnosis of CML
2) Requires a bone marrow aspirate for
optimal metaphases
3) Allows for evaluation of clonal evolution as
well as additional chromosomal
abnormalities
in the non-Ph+ clones
4) Occasional cryptic and complex karyotypes
can result in the missed identification of the
t(9;22)
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18. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization
(FISH) in CML
) Allows for the diagnosis of CML
2) Does not require a bone marrow aspirate for
optimal results
3) Allows for the identification of potential
duplications of the Ph chromosome
4) Allows for the identification of the loss of the
der (9) chromsome
5) Allows for the identification of cryptic
translocations involving Bcr-Abl
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Abl – Ch 9
Bcr- Ch 22
Bcr-Abl Fusion
19. FISH in CML
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Ch 9 Ch 22
Green Bcr probe→
Red Abl Probe→
Yellow fusion of Bcr and Abl→
Bcr- Ch 22
Abl – Ch 9
Bcr-Abl Fusion
20. Quantitative RT-PCR for Bcr-Abl in CML
1) Allows for the diagnosis of CML
2) Does not require a bone marrow aspirate for
optimal results
3) Can quantify the amount of disease
4) Allows for the identification of cryptic
translocations involving Bcr-Abl
5) Many primers sets only detect the p190 and/or
the p210 translocation and may miss the p230
or alternative translocations
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Bcr-Abl
BcrAbl
cDNA
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Multiple discrete &
confluent plaques
of
cutaneous
T-cell lymphoma
“MF”
Multiple plaques
of cutaneous
T-cell lymphoma
with
tumor formation
“MF
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TUMOR STAGE
dense dermal infiltrate
involving the full breadth
of the dermis
Tumors could get infected sepsis death
PATCH STAGE
epidermal hyperplasia with
band-like infiltrate
of small- to medium-sized
PLAQUE STAGE
The density of the
neoplastic
cells within dermis