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Abbreviated ''[[AML]]''.


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
===General===
*Adults.
 
Exclusions for this diagnosis:
*Prior [[MDS]].
*[[Down syndrome]].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*[[Auer rods]] present
*Cytoplasmic granularity.
*Large cells.
 
Note:
*May be classified by morphology, using the (old) French-American-British (FAB) classification (M0-M7).
 
====Image====
<gallery>
Image:Auer_rods.PNG | Auer rods in an AML. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case344.html AML - several images (upmc.edu)].
 
===Molecular===
*Must exclude all the recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities - see below.
 
==AML with recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities==
===Acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)===
*t(8;21)(q22;q22).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Berger | first1 = R. | title = Translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22): cytogenetics and molecular biology. | journal = Nouv Rev Fr Hematol | volume = 36 Suppl 1 | issue =  | pages = S67-9 | month =  | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 8177719 }}</ref>
 
IHC:
*CD34+, CD13+, MPO+ (cytoplasm), CD33+ (weak).
*[[CD56]]+, CD117+.
**Usu. assoc. with a bad prognosis.
 
Flow cytometry:
*CD19+, PAX5+, CD79a +/-.
 
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case712.html AML with t(8;21) (upmc.edu)].
 
===Acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)===
*inv(16)(p13.1q22).<ref name=pmid16917916>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = CM. | last2 = Murata-Collins | first2 = JL. | last3 = Wang | first3 = E. | last4 = Siddiqi | first4 = I. | last5 = Lawrence | first5 = HJ. | title = Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: molecular evidence of two separate diseases. | journal = Am J Hematol | volume = 81 | issue = 12 | pages = 963-8 | month = Dec | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1002/ajh.20716 | PMID = 16917916 }}
</ref>
 
*Associated with [[myeloid sarcoma]].
 
Microscopic:
*Blast count usu. ~20% (low).
*Eosinophilic granules.
**Used to be classified as "M4" with eosinophilia.
 
IHC:
*CD2+ -- common.
 
===Acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)===
*[[AKA]] ''acute promyelocytic leukemia''
**Abbreviated ''APL''.
*t(15;17)(q22;q12).
**Fusion transcripts: PML<ref name=omim102578>{{OMIM|102578}}</ref>-RARA.<ref name=omim180240>{{OMIM|180240}}</ref>
 
====General====
Clinical:
*Associated with [[DIC]].
*Treatment: all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).
 
Variants:
*t(11;17) -- ATRA doesn't work.<ref>{{Ref APBR|623 Q2}}</ref>
*t(17;17) -- ATRA doesn't work.
*t(5;17). (???)
 
====Microscopic====
Comes in two flavours.
 
Microscopic (Hypergranular ''or'' typical APL):
*Bean-shaped nucleus ''or'' bilobed nucleus.
*Buddles of Auer rods - known as "Faggot cells".
 
Microscopic (Microgranular ''or'' hypogranular APL):
*Bilobed nuclei with nuclear overlap. (???)
*Absence of granules on light microscopy.
 
=====Images=====
<gallery>
Image:Faggot cell in AML-M3.jpg |Faggot cell in AML-M3. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case457/images/fig01.jpg AML - showing Auer rods (upmc.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case457.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case457.html]. Accessed on: 21 January 2012.</ref>
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case705.html APML - several images (upmc.edu)].
 
====IHC====
*CD2 +ve, CD34 +ve/-ve, CD56 +ve/-ve.
 
====[[Flow cytometry]]====
*CD34 -ve, HLA-DR -ve.
*CD33 +ve, CD13 +ve/-ve, CD117 +ve (weak), CD56 +ve/-ve.
 
===Acute myeloid leukemia with t(9;11)===
*t(9;11).
 
Microscopic:
*Monoblastic morphology. (???)
*Myelomonocytic morphology. (???)
 
Clinical:
*+/-[[DIC]].
*Usu. children.
 
IHC:
*CD33+, CD65+, CD4+, HLA-DR+.
*CD34+. (???)
*CD13+. (???)
 
[[Category: Hematopathology]]

Revision as of 18:48, 26 May 2018

Abbreviated AML.

General

  • Adults.

Exclusions for this diagnosis:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Auer rods present
  • Cytoplasmic granularity.
  • Large cells.

Note:

  • May be classified by morphology, using the (old) French-American-British (FAB) classification (M0-M7).

Image

www:

Molecular

  • Must exclude all the recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities - see below.

AML with recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities

Acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)

  • t(8;21)(q22;q22).[1]

IHC:

  • CD34+, CD13+, MPO+ (cytoplasm), CD33+ (weak).
  • CD56+, CD117+.
    • Usu. assoc. with a bad prognosis.

Flow cytometry:

  • CD19+, PAX5+, CD79a +/-.

Images:

Acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)

  • inv(16)(p13.1q22).[2]

Microscopic:

  • Blast count usu. ~20% (low).
  • Eosinophilic granules.
    • Used to be classified as "M4" with eosinophilia.

IHC:

  • CD2+ -- common.

Acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)

  • AKA acute promyelocytic leukemia
    • Abbreviated APL.
  • t(15;17)(q22;q12).
    • Fusion transcripts: PML[3]-RARA.[4]

General

Clinical:

  • Associated with DIC.
  • Treatment: all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).

Variants:

  • t(11;17) -- ATRA doesn't work.[5]
  • t(17;17) -- ATRA doesn't work.
  • t(5;17). (???)

Microscopic

Comes in two flavours.

Microscopic (Hypergranular or typical APL):

  • Bean-shaped nucleus or bilobed nucleus.
  • Buddles of Auer rods - known as "Faggot cells".

Microscopic (Microgranular or hypogranular APL):

  • Bilobed nuclei with nuclear overlap. (???)
  • Absence of granules on light microscopy.
Images

www:

IHC

  • CD2 +ve, CD34 +ve/-ve, CD56 +ve/-ve.

Flow cytometry

  • CD34 -ve, HLA-DR -ve.
  • CD33 +ve, CD13 +ve/-ve, CD117 +ve (weak), CD56 +ve/-ve.

Acute myeloid leukemia with t(9;11)

  • t(9;11).

Microscopic:

  • Monoblastic morphology. (???)
  • Myelomonocytic morphology. (???)

Clinical:

  • +/-DIC.
  • Usu. children.

IHC:

  • CD33+, CD65+, CD4+, HLA-DR+.
  • CD34+. (???)
  • CD13+. (???)
  1. Berger, R. (1994). "Translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22): cytogenetics and molecular biology.". Nouv Rev Fr Hematol 36 Suppl 1: S67-9. PMID 8177719.
  2. Lu, CM.; Murata-Collins, JL.; Wang, E.; Siddiqi, I.; Lawrence, HJ. (Dec 2006). "Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: molecular evidence of two separate diseases.". Am J Hematol 81 (12): 963-8. doi:10.1002/ajh.20716. PMID 16917916.
  3. Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 102578
  4. Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 180240
  5. Lefkowitch, Jay H. (2006). Anatomic Pathology Board Review (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 623 Q2. ISBN 978-1416025887.
  6. URL: http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case457.html. Accessed on: 21 January 2012.