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71 Inflammatory and Malignant Histiocytosis Flashcards

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Archaic term for tissue macrophages

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Histiocyte

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Dendritic Cell-related Histocytic disorders

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Juvenile xanthogranuloma/Erdheim-Chester disease

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Macrophage-Related Histiocytic Disorders

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Hemophagocytic syndromes
Primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Secondary hemophagocytic syndromes
Rosai-Dorfman disease

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Malignant Histiocytic Disorders

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Monocyte-related leukemias
Extramedullary monocytic tumor (myeloid sarcoma)
Macrophage-related histiocytic sarcoma
Dendritic cell malignancy (malignant histiocytosis)

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What mutations separate inflammatory neoplasias from hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

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Recurrent mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway mutations

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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is characterized by (monoconal or polyclonal) reactive macrophages

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Polyclonal

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Classification of histiocytic disorders based on clinical, histologic, and molecular features:

L group:
C group:
R Group:
M group:
H group:

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L group: Langerhans cell histiocytosis, indeterminate cell histiocytosis, and Erdheim-Chester disease
C group: Juvenile xanthogranuloma
R Group: Rosai-Dorfman Disease
M group: Malignant histiocytic diseases
H group: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytic diseases

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Pathologic cluster designation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis

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CD1a + /CD207 + DCs with rounded morphology

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Its DC has abundant eosinophilic to amphophilic cytoplasm, and a nucleus that is kidney-shaped, deeply indented, or grooved (eg, reniform)

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis

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Recurrent mutations in MAPK pathway genes have been identified in more than____% of LCH lesions with BRAF V600E in over ____% of cases

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80%

50%

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BRAF V600E mutation can be detected by

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Immunostain (VE1 antibody)

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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A type II transmembrane protein located on the cell surface of epidermal LC and is associated with formation of characteristic intracytoplasmic Birbeck granules

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Langerin (CD207)

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Immunophenotype of RDD

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CD68 + /CD163 +

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Characteristic finding in RDD

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Emperipolesis (viable lymphocytes trafficking through cytoplasm)

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Immunophenotype of JXG and ECD

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CD68 + /CD163 + /Factor XIIIa + /CD1a – DCs

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Characteristic finding in JXG and ECD

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Abundant vacuoles that are described as foamy or lipid laden and stained with fascin

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TRUE OR FALSE

Hemophagocytosis is characteristic and a required specific feature of HLH.

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FALSE

Hemophagocytosis is characteristic, but neither a required nor specific feature of HLH.

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Disease described in children with combinations of lytic bone lesions, skin and mucosal lesions, and diabetes insipidus

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Hand-Christian-Schüller disease

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Disease presentation in children as histiocytic infiltration of marrow, spleen, liver, and lung

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Letterer-Siwe disease

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Gene involved with Hispanic populations that was associated with increased risk of developing LCH

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SMAD6

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The only proven exposure increasing the risk of LCH, specifically in adults with pulmonary LCH

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Cigarette smoking

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Mutation in LCH associated with an increased risk of treatment failure and LCH-associated neurodegeneration.

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BRAF V600E

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The cell of origin of LCH

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Epidermal LC

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The most frequent presenting signs of LCH

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Skin rashes and bone lesions

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High-risk LHC organs

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Liver, spleen, and marrow

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A frequent presentation of LCH and looks like cradle cap in infants or severe dandruff in older children and adults

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Seborrheic scalp rash

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The most frequent site of LCH in children

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Lytic lesion of the skull

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One of the most serious complications of hepatic LCH

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Cholestasis with sclerosing cholangitis

Seventy-five percent of children with sclerosing cholangitis will not respond to chemotherapy.

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The typical chest radiograph of a patient with pulmonary LCH shows a ______________

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Nonspecific interstitial infiltrate

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The most frequent endocrine manifestation of LCH

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Thickened pituitary stalk or mass with associated diabetes insipidus (DI)

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The typical radiographic findings of neurodegenerative LCH

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Hyperintensity of the dentate nucleus and white matter of the cerebellum on T2-weighted MRI images, or hyperintense lesions of the basal ganglia on T1-weighted images, and atrophy of the cerebellum

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TRUE OR FALSE

A biopsy of an affected organ is necessary to make the diagnosis of LCH with staining of the LCH lesion DCs with antibodies to CD207 and CD1a

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TRUE

A biopsy of an affected organ is necessary to make the diagnosis of LCH with staining of the LCH lesion DCs with antibodies to CD207 and CD1a

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TRUE OR FALSE

In LCH, electron microscopy to identify Birbeck granules is typically necessary.

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FALSE

Electron microscopy to identify Birbeck granules is not typically necessary.

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A sensitive method to detect LCH lesion cells as well as blood and marrow mononuclear cells that carry the mutation where allele burden may be lower than 0.1%

May become useful as a measure of disease burden in patients with high-risk disease treated with chemotherapy

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BRAF V600E quantitative PCR

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Therapy for limited skin LCH

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Oral hydroxyurea, methotrexate, or thalidomide

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Therapy for LCH with a single skull lesion of the frontal, parietal, or occipital bones, or single lesion of any other bone

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Curettage only, or curettage plus injection of methylprednisolone

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Therapy for LCH lesions affecting multiple bones

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IV vinblastine and oral prednisone therapy for 12 months

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Therapy for LCH patients with various combinations of skin, bone, lymph node, or pituitary gland disease

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12 months of therapy with IV vinblastine and oral prednisone

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Treatment for single-bone lesions of only the vertebrae or femoral neck that are at risk of collapse

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Radiation therapy

Glucocorticoid injection

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TRUE OR FALSE

CNS LCH lesions are frequently refractory to vinblastine and prednisone

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TRUE

CNS LCH lesions are frequently refractory to vinblastine and prednisone

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Options for refractory skin LCH

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Oral hydroxyurea, thalidomide, or lenolidomide

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Effective regimens for patients with recurrent bone disease

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(1) IV cladribine
(2) IV cytarabine with or without vincristine
(3) IV clofarabine

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MEK inhibitor

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Cobimetinib

However, MAPK inhibition does not appear to clear mononuclear cells containing BRAF V600E from marrow or blood, as is observed in patients effectively treated with chemotherapy.

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Treatment-limiting toxicities of MEK inhibitors

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Severe rash and eye inflammation, and second malignancy

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Strategies No Longer Considered Effective in LCH

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Cyclosporine, anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibody, and interferon (IFN)-α

Extensive surgery is also not indicated.

Surgical resection or radiotherapy of groin or genital lesions is contraindicated because chemotherapy can heal skin lesions.

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TRUE OR FALSE

Patients with low-risk disease treated with vinblastine and prednisone have a 99% chance of survival, but more than 50% are not cured with initial therapy.

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TRUE

Patients with low-risk disease treated with vinblastine and prednisone have a 99% chance of survival, but more than 50% are not cured with initial therapy.

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Pathogenesis of LCH

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activating MAPK pathway mutations
BRAF V600E mutation

NRAS and KRAS mutation

48
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A presentation of LCH specific to adult

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Isolated pulmonary LCH

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LCH in adults is often similar to LCH in children, except that isolated adult pulmonary LCH is closely associated with_________________.

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Smoking

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The LCs in adult lung lesions are phenotypically similar to mature DCs and express high levels of the accessory molecules CD____ and CD___

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CD80 and CD86

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LCH bone involvement in adults includes more frequent lesions in____________ and fewer skull lesions compared with children

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Mandible

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IV cytarabine or IV cladribine

Effective for adults with skin, bone, lymph node, and (probably) pulmonary and mass lesions in the CNS.

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IV cladribine

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Front-line therapy for adults with LCH requiring systemic treatment

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Cytarabine

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TRUE OR FALSE

In adult LCH, extensive or mutilating surgery to remove skin lesions, teeth, or mandible or maxillary bones is not indicated.

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TRUE

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Characterized by lipid-laden histiocytes with foamy or eosinophilic cytoplasm infiltrate bones and various organs and generate a fibroblastic response that leads to critical organ failure

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ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE

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TRUE OR FALSE

In ECD, the histiocytes are CD68 + /CD163 + /factor XIIIa + /CD1a − /S100 − and contain Birbeck granules

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FALSE

In ECD, the histiocytes are CD68 + /CD163 + /factor XIIIa + /CD1a − /S100 − and do not contain Birbeck granules

The inflammatory infiltrate frequently includes Touton-like giant cells

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Most common clinical symptom in ECD

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CNS symptoms (50%)

Fifty percent of patients have extraskeletal disease.

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TRUE OR FALSE

In ECD, it is unusual for lymph nodes, liver, spleen, or axial skeleton to be affected

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TRUE

It is unusual for lymph nodes, liver, spleen, or axial skeleton to be affected, whereas these areas are frequently affected in LCH and RDD

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Most common CNS symptom in ECD

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Cerebellar and pyramidal symptoms

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Almost all ECD patients has this radiographic finding

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Bilateral patchy osteosclerosis of the metaphysis and diaphysis of the femur, proximal tibia, and fibula

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Other radiographic findings of ECD

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Perirenal infiltration, extending through the fat of the anterior or posterior pararenal spaces, leading to the classic “hairy kidney” appearance (>60%)
Circumferential sheathing of the aorta (>60%), Retroperitoneal fibrosis-like infiltrates (20%

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Were once considered the first-line treatments for ECD and may still be if inhibitor therapies are not available.

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Subcutaneous IFN-α and pegylated IFN-α

Others:
Imatinib, cladribine, infliximab, tocilizumab, and anakinra
Vemurafenib
Cobimetinib

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Drug that specifically targets activated BRAF monomers such as BRAF V600E

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Vemurafenib

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A histiocytic disorder that affects the skin with multiple nodules in the head, neck, and trunk primarily in children, although adults can also be affected

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JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA

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Most common clinical presentation of JXG

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Children younger than 2 years of age who have solitary skin nodules on their head, neck, or trunk

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Three characteristic histologic patterns of JXG

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Early JXG
Classic JXG
Transitional JXG

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Characterized by small- to intermediatesize mononuclear histiocytes, have only small quantities of lipid in the cytoplasm and Touton-type giant cells are absent; has relatively more mitoses but there is no cytologic atypia

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Early JXG

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Exhibits abundant vacuolated, foamy histiocytes with Touton giant cells (lipid-laden histiocytes with multiple nuclei and a small amount of centrally oriented cytoplasm)

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Classic JXG

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Has a predominance of spindle-shaped cells resembling benign fibrous histiocytoma with foamy histiocytes and occasional giant cells

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Transitional JXG

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Treatment of JXG patients with a single or few lesions

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No therapy, or an excisional biopsy can be done if desired for cosmetic reasons

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Anoher name for Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy

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Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD)

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Defined by accumulation of characteristic histiocytes in cervical lymph nodes, as well as other lymph nodes and/or extranodal sites

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Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD)

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TRUE OR FALSE

RDD is usually self-limited

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TRUE

RDD is usually self-limited, but may cause airway obstruction, orbital tumors, or CNS symptoms.

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Most common extranodal site of RDD

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Soft tissues of the head and neck
Sinuses or upper digestive tract

75
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Germline mutations were identified in____________ in patients with familial RDD associated with histiocytosis-lymphadenopathy plus syndrome.

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SLC29A3

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The characteristic histologic feature of RDD

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Dramatically expanded sinusoids and interfollicular regions by histiocytic cells with abundant amphophilic cytoplasm

77
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Pathologic hallmark of histiocytes in RDD

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Emperipolesis

The phenomenon of intact viable lymphocytes and plasma cells within cytoplasmic vacuoles passing through the histiocyte cytoplasm without damaging the transitory cells

78
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Therapy for RDD

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It is self-limited and does not require therapy although surgical excision may be considered for symptomatic treatment of local large lymph nodes.

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TRUE OR FALSE

In RDD, it is prudent to evaluate patients for associated malignancy or immune disorders, including autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome and IgG4-related disease.

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TRUE

In RDD, it is prudent to evaluate patients for associated malignancy or immune disorders, including autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome and IgG4-related disease.

80
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Malignant Histiocytic Diseases

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Histioccytic Sarcoma
Langerhans Cell Sarcoma
Interdigitating Dendritic Cell Sarcoma
Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma

81
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TRUE OR FALSE

In Malignant Histiocytic Diseases, females are affected more often than males and most patients had histiocytic sarcomas and LC sarcomas

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FALSE

In Malignant Histiocytic Diseases, males are affected more often than females and most patients had histiocytic sarcomas and LC sarcomas

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Histiocytic sarcoma represents less than 1% of all hemato-lymphoid neoplasms and is associated with a highly increased risk of developing ____________________

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

83
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Associated with prior or coincident diagnoses of Castleman disease, other malignancies, and autoimmune diseases

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Follicular DC sarcomas

84
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Most common presenting feature of Malignant Histiocytic Diseases

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Lymphadenopathy

85
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Malignant Histiocytic Diseases Prognostic score has 3 variables

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Elevated lactate dehydrogenase
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 2–4,
Ann Arbor stage 3–4

The survival at 30 months for patients with low-risk disease (1 of 3 findings) was 80% and for those with intermediate risk disease (2 of 3 findings) was 30%.

86
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TRUE OR FALSE

MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA AND GIANT-CELL TUMOR OF THE BONE are not derived from histiocytes, but are poorly differentiated fibrosarcomas, myosarcomas, fibromyxosarcomas, or liposarcomas

A

TRUE

MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA AND GIANT-CELL TUMOR OF THE BONE are not derived from histiocytes, but are poorly differentiated fibrosarcomas, myosarcomas, fibromyxosarcomas, or liposarcomas

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A syndrome of pathologic immune activation that is often associated with genetic defects in cytotoxic lymphocyte function

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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

88
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Histopathologic finding of macrophages engulfing erythrocytes or other hematopoietic cells that can be found in marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, or liver biopsies

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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

89
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TRUE OR FALSE

Hemophagocytosis is not required for a diagnosis of HLH and is not specific to HLH.

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TRUE

Hemophagocytosis is not required for a diagnosis of HLH and is not specific to HLH.

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___________ HLH refers to children with a presumed or demonstrated inherited defect

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Primary HLH

91
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__________ HLH refers to children (or adults) who present with acquired immune dysregulation

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Secondary HLH

92
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Plays a central role in pathogenesis in mouse models of HLH

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IFNγ

93
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In HLH, this results in multiorgan dysfunction that can rapidly lead to death.

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Hypercytokinemia

94
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The most specific criterion for HLH

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a pathogenic HLH-associated mutation

95
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Frequent early clinical sign of HLH

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Fever (91%)

Hepatomegaly (90%), splenomegaly (84%), neurological symptoms (47%), rash (43%), and lymphadenopathy (42%)

96
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HLH is considered if a patient’s disease meets _____ of the eight criteria (HL-2004)

A

5

97
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Frequently used to screen for HLH

A

Ferritin

A ferritin level higher than 500 mcg/L is one of the HLH-2004 inclusion criteria and is likely overly sensitive for a diagnostic criterion

98
Q

Test for HLH superior to testing NK cell function

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Flow cytometry assays for degranulation assay CD107a and perforin

99
Q

The most frequent infection associated with HLH and may not only reside in B cells but also in T and NK cells

A

EBV

100
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HLH-94, frontline therapy for HLH is composed of

A

Combination of glucocorticoids with etoposide

Induction therapy with dexamethasone and etoposide, followed by continuous treatment with cyclosporine and pulses of dexamethasone and etoposide

101
Q

Treatment for HLH with CNS symptoms or cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis

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Intrathecal methotrexate

102
Q

Treatment for HLH with resistant disease, recurrent disease, or familial HLH

A

HCT

103
Q

This is helpful for patients with highly elevated EBV viremia if EBV localizes to B cells.

A

Rituximab

104
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TRUE OR FALSE

Adult patients more frequently have HLH driven by malignancy or another persistent immune trigger and may not respond as well to HLH-94 therapy.

A

TRUE

Adult patients more frequently have HLH driven by malignancy or another persistent immune trigger and may not respond as well to HLH-94 therapy.

105
Q

A humanized antibody against IFNγ, recently received FDA approval for recurrent and refractory primary HLH

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Emapalumab

106
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HLH in the setting of persistent immune stimulation

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Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS).

107
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As many as ____% of patients with autoimmune disease have alterations of HLH-associated genes.

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40%

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