investigations of lymphoma
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Investigations of lymphoma. FBE / CBC U&E LFT ESR LDH Beta 2 microglobulin Protein electrophoresis HIV and HTLV II serology. General blood tests. Look for:anaemia , WCC, lymphopenia , neutrophilia / neutropenia , eosinophilia. FBE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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INVESTIGATIONS OF LYMPHOMA
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GENERAL BLOOD TESTS FBE / CBC U&E LFT ESR LDH Beta 2 microglobulin Protein electrophoresis HIV and HTLV II serology
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FBE Look for:anaemia, WCC, lymphopenia,
neutrophilia/ neutropenia, eosinophiliaHodgkin disease NHL
RBC Anaemia: anaemia of chronic disease / bone marrow infiltration / autoantibodies (positive warm Coombs test)
Anaemia: bone marrow infiltration/ autoimmune hemolysis/ bleeding/ anaemia of chronic disease
WBC Leukopenia due to bone marrow infiltrationLymphocytosis with circulating malignant cells
Platelet Platelet counts may be increased or decreased
Thrombocytopenia due to bone marrow infiltration or autoimmune cytopenias
Others Cytopenias: common in advance stages
Pancytopenia due to bone marrow infiltration or autoimmune cytopenias
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U&E Check serum creatitine and renal function: ureteric
obstruction secondary to lymph node enlargement can cause renal impairment
Check calcium, phosphate, and sodium Check renal function prior to treatment
Hodgkin disease NHL
Hypercalcaemia Hypercalcaemia (in acute adult T-cell lymphoma)
Hypernatraemia
Check serum creatinine for nephrotic syndrome (rare)
Patient may have renal impairment due to obstruction (lymph node enlargement)
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LFTHodgkin disease NHLALP due to the presence of liver or bone involvement.
Abnormal due to hepatic involvement, hypermetabolic tumour growth, chronic inflammation
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ESR Elevated in Hodgkin's disease and NHL fairly non-specific and should not be
used for screening
LDH Bad prognosis if it is increase in
Hodgkin’s disease and NHL
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BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN may be elevated and correlates with a
poor prognosis in NHL
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PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS Hodgkin disease NHL Increase gamma
globulin Monoclonal
gammopathy Hypogammaglobulinemi
a
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HIV AND HTLV II SEROLOGY HIV serology is done because antiviral
therapies can improve disease outcomes in HIV-positive patients in NHL and HD.
In NHL, HIV serology is done for patients with diffuse large cell immunoblastic or small noncleaved histologies.
HTLV II serology is done for adult T-cell lymphoma-leukemia
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IMAGING Structural imaging (Conventional
method of staging) CT (neck to pelvis) MRI CXR
Functional imaging PET scan Gallium scan
Bone scan
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CT (NECK TO PELVIS)
It is the most widely used test for initial staging, assessing treatment response, and conducting follow-up care
Possible abnormal findings include enlarged lymph nodes, hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly, lung nodules or infiltrates, and pleural effusions.
Mediastinal lymphadenopathy, is a very common finding in classic Hodgkin disease, although it is uncommon in Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Disease
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Ct's showed lypmhadenopathy in the left inguinal node and the left iliac fossa
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MRI
MRI is done when there is a suspicion of CNS involvement eg primary CNS lymphoma, or vertebral body involvement by lymphoma
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CXR CXR is more indicated for NHL eg for
identification of hilar or mediastinal adenopathy, pleural or pericardial effusions, and parenchymal involvement
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PET SCAN considered to be essential to the initial
staging of Hodgkin disease can be used for the initial evaluation of
patients with NHL more useful for post-treatment
evaluation to differentiate early recurrences or residual disease from fibrosis or necrosis.
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PET SCAN Appears to be sensitive for detecting NHL in
extranodal sites Reliability to detect bone marrow involvement
is questioned Better than gallium and equal to CT to detect
disease sites in intermediate to high grade NHL and Hodgkin’s
PET scan has a higher predictive value for relapse than classic CT scan imaging
Scarce availability so x always practical
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GALLIUM SCAN (NUCLEAR MEDICINE) the use is nearly all replaced by PET
scan
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Increased uptake of gallium in inguinal lesion before treatment
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BONE SCAN It is done if suspected BM involvement
eg bone pain or elevated ALP In NHL, one lesions are particularly
associated with the acute form of adult T-cell lymphoma-leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas
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HISTOLOGY Light microscopy and H&E are the
mainstay of pathologic diagnosis Flow cytometry: marked increased in
monoclonal cells indicate lymphoma Immunoperoxidase: special staining
using specific marker antibody to determine the type of lymphoma
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SPECIFIC CD MARKERCells MarkersT cell CD3, CD4, CD8B cell CD20, immunoglobulin on surfaceHodgkin’s lymphoma
CD45
NK cells CD16, CD56Lymphoblast Terminal deoxynucleotidyl
transferaseAll lymphocytes CD34
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HISTOLOGY Lymph node sample
Fine needle aspiration Needle-core biopsy / incisional biopsy Excision biopsy
Bone marrow sample Trephine / biopsy Aspirate
Biopsy of extranodal sites Lumbar puncture Staging laparotomy Pleural effusion sampling
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LYMPH NODE SAMPLEFine needle aspiration
Needle-core biopsy / incisional biopsy
Excision biopsy
- can be used as initial diagnosis of HD
- insufficient for establishing a diagnosis of NHL
Has a limited role in establishing a diagnosis of NHL.
Essential for diagnosis of HD and NHL
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Histopathologic image of Hodgkin's lymphoma. CD30 (Ki-1) immunostain.
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Histopathologic image of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Lymph node biopsy. H & E stain.
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Malignant B-cell lymphocytes seen in Burkitt's lymphoma, stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain
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Histopathology of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma occurring in the tonsil. H&E stain.
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Histopathology of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma occurring in the tonsil. CD20 (L26) immunostain.
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BONE MARROW SAMPLE (TREPHINE/ASPIRATE)
lymphoma in the bone marrow is often patchy, so bilateral bone marrow biopsies is indicated
HD: Bone marrow involvement is more common in elderly
individuals, in patients with advanced-stage disease, in the presence of systemic symptoms, and in patients with a high-risk histology.
A bone marrow biopsy can be omitted in patients with stage I Hodgkin disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma) and some patients with stage II disease without hematologic abnormalities.
For NHL, bone marrow sampling is done for staging rather than diagnosis
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BONE MARROW TREPHINE Sensitive for the presence of lymphoma at light
microscopy level when there are sufficient cells to be identified by the pattern they form or number of cells present
Sensitivity can be increased by using CD marker to identify subgroup of lymphocytes, but because lymphocytes are normally present in BM, the pattern and number are important.
PCR to detect presence of translocation or oncogenes can increase the sensitivity and give better measure of prognosis
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BIOPSY OF EXTRANODAL SITES In some patients with NHL, the
extranodal sites are the primary presenting sites, and the most common site is the GI tract.
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LUMBAR PUNCTURE (if symptoms or signs of CNS involvement are present)
CNS involvement with Hodgkin disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma) is exceedingly rare
In patient with NHL, it should be performed if Diffuse aggressive NHL with bone marrow, epidural,
testicular, paranasal sinus, nasopharyngeal involvement, or patient with two or more extranodal sites of disease.
High-grade lymphoblastic lymphoma High-grade small noncleaved cell lymphomas (eg,
Burkitt and non-Burkitt types) HIV-related lymphoma Primary CNS lymphoma Patients with neurologic signs and symptoms
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STAGING LAPAROTOMY involves splenectomy with biopsies of
the liver and lymph nodes in the para-aortic, mesenteric, portal, and splenic hilar regions.
Rarely done
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PLEURAL EFFUSION SAMPLING Sampling of a pleural effusion by
thoracentesis and examination of the cells obtained may be useful in the evaluation of Hodgkin disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma).
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STAGING: ANN ARBOR CLASSIFICATION
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Stage I a single lymph node area (I) or single extranodal site (IE).
Stage II 2 or more lymph node areas on the same side of the diaphragm (II or IIE).
Stage III lymph node areas on both sides of the diaphragm (III or IIIE or IIIs or IIIS)
Stage IV disseminated or multiple involvement of the extranodal organs.Involvement of the liver or the bone marrow is considered stage IV disease.
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B The presence of 1 or more of the following: Fever (temperature >38°C) Drenching night sweats Unexplained loss of more than 10% of body weight
within the preceding 6 months
A Absence of the above
X The presence of bulky disease
E Contiguous involvement of extranodal sites (eg, involvement of the lung parenchyma due to direct extension of large mediastinal lymphadenopathy)
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IN PATIENTS WITH STAGE I OR II DISEASE, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED UNFAVOURABLE AND, IF PRESENT, WILL INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF THE RECOMMENDED INITIAL THERAPY: Large mediastinal adenopathy An ESR result (a general marker of inflammation) 50 mm/h or
higher, if the patient is otherwise asymptomatic OR ESR > 30 if hv B symptoms
More than 3 sites of disease involvement The presence of B symptoms The presence of extranodal disease Age above 50 at diagnosis