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EXAM #3: MDS/MPD Flashcards

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What is MDS? What are the general characteristics of MDS?

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MDS= Myelodysplastic Syndrome

  • Dysplasia or bad growth of the bone marrow cells
  • Increased number of cells i.e. hypercellular bone marrow with poor products
  • Results in various cytopenias (low numbers)
  • Blasts less than 20% in the bone marrow

Greater than 20% blasts= leukemia*

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What is the major etiology of MDS?

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Most myelodysplasias result from de novo mutations

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What causes secondary MDS?

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  • Genetic factors
  • Environmental factors
  • Antineoplastic drugs
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What are the signs and symptoms of MDS?

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  • Anemia
  • Infection
  • Bleeding
  • Organomegaly/ Lymphadenopathy
  • Sweet’s Syndrome
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What is Sweet’s Syndrome?

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Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

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How is MDS diagnosed?

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Bone marrow biopsy

PBS

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What are some of the cell types seen on PBS that are typical of MDS?

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1) Giant platelets
2) Pseudo-Pegler Huet anomaly
3) Ringed Sideroblasts

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List the differential diagnoses of MDS.

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  • Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency
  • Viral infection e.g. HIV
  • Chemotherapy
  • Alcohol
  • Lead toxicity
  • Benzene
  • Erythropoietic agents e.g. EPO or G-CSF
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What types of chemotherapeutic agents cause MDS?

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  • Alkylating agents

- Topoisomerase inhibitors

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Which class of chemotheraputic drugs can more quickly cause lead to MDS?

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Topoisomerase inhibitors

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Which class of chemotheraputic drugs more commonly leads to MDS?

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Alkylating agents

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What is 5q-Syndrome? What patient population is this seen in?

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Subtype of MDS that causes:

  • Macrocytic anemia
  • Luekopenia
  • Platelet counts elevated

This is seen in FEMALES

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What is the prognosis for 5q Syndrome?

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Good

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What drug is used to treat 5q Syndrome?

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Lenalidomide

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What is CMML?

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Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

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What are the characteristics of CMML?

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  • Increased monocytes

- Variable degrees of dysplasia

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What drugs can be used to treat CMML?

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Imatinib

Azaytidine

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What is hypocellular MDS?

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MDS with clinical features that resemble aplastic anemia

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What is low intensity treatment for MDS?

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  • Supportive care
  • Transfusion
  • Growth factor support
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What is high intensity treatment for MDS?

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  • Stem cell transplant
  • Chemotherapy
  • Clinical trials
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What are the “growth factors” that are used to treat MDS?

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G-CSF
GM-CSF
EPO

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When does EPO tend to work better in patients with MDS?

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When EPO level is already less than 500

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In patients with MDS, what class of drugs have been shown to decrease time to leukemia and transfusion dependence?

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Hypomethylating agents i.e. Azacytidine

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What is the role of transplant in the treatment of MDS? What type of transplant is curative?

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Allogeneic transplant is curative; however, patients have to be less than 40

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What is a myeloproliferative disorder?
Overproduction of one or more blood cell line
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What are the classic myeloproliferative disorders?
1) Chronic myeloid leukemia 2) Polycythemia vera 3) Essential thrombocytosis 4) Primary myelofibrosis
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What mutation is seen with PV and ET?
JAK2
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What is the mutation seen in CML?
t(9:22) BCR-ABL
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What are the symptoms of CML?
``` Fatigue Night sweats Weight loss Splenomegaly Anemia Platelet dysfunction ```
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What are the labs that are characteristic of CML?
1) BASOPHILIA 2) Leukocytosis 3) Neutrophilia
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What are the three phases of CML?
Chronic Accelerated Blast
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What are the characteristics of the chronic phase of CML?
Basophilia Blasts less than 10 BCR-ABL
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What is the hallmark of the acclerated phase of CML?
Worsened splenomegaly
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What is the blast phase of CML?
Greater than 20% blasts i.e. transformation to Leukemia
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How is CML diangosed?
1) BCR-ABL 2) Basophilia 3) Confirm with FISH or RT-BCR
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What is the primary treatment for CML? What class of drug is this?
Imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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What is the second line treatment for CML when patients are resistant to Imatinib?
Dasatinib
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What causes resistance to Imatinib?
Mutations in the ABL kinase domain
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What is Polycythemia Vera?
Elevated RBC mass with concomitant increase in WBC and platelets
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What are the symptoms associated with PV?
1) Puritis, especially after bathing 2) Headache 3) Blurry vision 4) Venous thrombosis-->Budd Chiari
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What are the major diagnostic criteria for PV?
- High Hb with JAK2 mutation | - 18.5 in men, and 16.5 women
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What are the minor criteria for PV?
- Bone marrow hypercellulatiry | - Low serum EPO
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What does diagnosis of PV require?
- BOTH major and 1 minor | - 1 major and BOTH minor
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What is the first line treatment for PV?
Phlebotomy and low dose ASA
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For patients with PV and intermediate risk/ high risk, what is the second line treatment?
Cytoreductive therapy i.e. hydroxyurea
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When is hydroxurea contraindicated?
Pregnancy
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What is Essential Thrombocytosis?
Isolated increased in platelet count
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What are the clinical features of ET?
- Visual disturbance - Dizziness - HA - Erythromelalgia - Cutaneous ulcers - Thrombosis (venous or arterial) - Hemorrhage
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What are the diagnostic criteria for ET?
1) Platelet count greater than 450,000 2) BM biopsy with proliferation of megakaryocytic lineage 3) JAK2 mutation or ruled out reactive thrombocytosis
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What are the cause of secondary thrombocytosis?
``` Iron deficiency Infection Inflammation Surgery Trauma Tissue injury/infarction Malignancy S/p splenectomy ```
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How is ET treated?
Hydroxyurea--first line | Anagrelide
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What is Primary Myelofibrosis?
Proliferation of mature myeloid cells i.e. megakaryoctes that produce PDGF, causing bone marrow fibrosis
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What is the worst of the myeloproliferative disorders?
Primary myelofibrosis
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What are the hallmarks of Primary Myelofibrosis?
- Bone marrow fibrosis | - Extramedullary hematopoesis
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What are the clinical features of Primary Myelofibrosis?
Splenogmegaly
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How is Primary Myelofibrosis treated?
Palliation and support
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What are the supportive measures that are commonly undertaken in Primary Myelofibrosis?
1) Recombinant EPO 2) Iron chelation 3) Splenectomy 4) JAK2 5) Allo SCT

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