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Flashcards in Peds Lymphoma/Leukemia Deck (14)
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1
Q

reed sternberg cells are pathognomonic for what

what do they look like

A

hodgkin lymphoma

large cell with multiple or multilobulated nuclei

2
Q

most common malignancy in age group 15-19

A

hodgkin lymphoma

3
Q

what are the B symptoms used in the staging of hodgkin lymphoma

A
  • unexplained fever 39 degrees C
  • weight loss >10% total body weight over 6 months
  • drenching night sweats
4
Q

any patient with persistent, unexplained LAD unassociated with obvious underlying inflammatory or infectious process should undergo what

A

a chest x-ray to rule out mediastinal mass before undergoing lymph node biopsy

5
Q

wiscott-aldrich syndrome pre-disposes patients to what dz process

A

non-hodgkin lymphoma

6
Q

what two immune deficiencies are associated with non-hodgkin lymphoma

A

1) SCID

2) wiscott-aldrich syndrome

7
Q

symptoms of wiscott-aldrich syndrome

A
  • recurrent sino-pulmonary and ear infections
  • severe atopic dermatitis
  • bleeding
8
Q

how does burkitt lymphoma often present

A

abdominal (sporadic type) or head and neck disease (endemic type) with involvement of the bone marrow or CNS

9
Q

what is the prognosis for NHL

A

localized dz: 90-100% chance of survival

advanced dz: 60-95% chance

10
Q

survival with NHL depends on what

A

1) pathologic subtype
2) tumor burden at diagnosis (reflected in LDH level)
3) presence or absence of CNS disease
4) specific sites of metastatic spread

11
Q

what accounts for the greatest percentage of childhood malignancies

A

leukemias

12
Q

what accounts for 97% of childhood leukemias

A

acute leukemias

13
Q

pathogenesis of leukemia

A

malignant transformation and clonal expansion of hematopoietic cells at an early stage of differentiation that are then unable to undergo further maturation

14
Q

what genetic trisomy predisposes pts to ALL and AML

A

trisomy 21