HEMATOLYMPHOID PATHOLOGY

CHAPTER 8 HEMATOLYMPHOID PATHOLOGY

Pediatric leukemia / lymphoma
Introduction
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Myeloid sarcoma
Acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage
Precursor b acute lymphoblastic leukemia / lymphoma
Precursor t acute lymphoblastic leukemia / lymphoma
Mature b cell leukemia / lymphoma
Burkitt lymphoma
Diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL)
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
Primary cutaneous cd30-positive t-cell lymphoproliferative disorders
Peripheral t-cell lymphoma (UNSPECIFIED)
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)
Hodgkin lymphoma
Primary immunodeficiency associated lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs)
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD)
Reactive lymphadenopathies
Non-specific reactive lymphoid hyperplasia
Viral lymphadenopathies
Other infective lymphadenopathies
Kimura lymphadenopathy
Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (rosai–dorfman disease)
Kikuchi–fujimoto lymphadenopathy
Lupus lymphadenopathy
Castleman disease (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia)
Histopathology of immunodeficiencies
Introduction
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (alps)
Langerhans cell histiocytosis

PEDIATRIC LEUKEMIA / LYMPHOMA

INTRODUCTION

• Diagnostic features are generally same as adults but different distribution of entities, mainly:
image acute myeloid leukemia
image acute lymphoblastic leukemia / lymphoma (ALL)
image Burkitt lymphoma
image diffuse large B cell lymphoma
image anaplastic large cell lymphoma
image Hodgkin lymphoma
image juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)

• Clonal expansion of myeloid blasts
• Classified according to categories and subtypes (WHO)
image AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities
image AML with multilineage dysplasia
image therapy related AML
image AML not otherwise categorized
– minimally differentiated through to lineage differentiation subtypes

Epidemiology

• Most AML occurs in adults
image represents around one-third of pediatric leukemia

Histopathological features (Figs 8.1, 8.2)

• Diagnosis requires blood and marrow aspirate with or without trephine
• Increased myeloblasts
• Trephine shows:
image increased cellularity
– usually! – see pitfalls
image fibrosis
image specific features
– see subtypes
image

Fig. 8.1

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Figs 8.1–8.2 Photomicrographs of bone marrow trephine biopsies from a child with acute myeloid leukemia, demonstrating marked infiltration of the marrow by sheets of myeloblasts.

Immunohistochemical staining

• Glycophorin for erythroid
• CD61 for megakaryocytes
• CD34 for immature precursors
image useful in hypocellular AML
• TdT for blasts
image usually ALL
• MPO, CD15, CD117 for myeloid differentiation
• Nuclear WT1+ in a proportion of AML
image caution in interpretation of such staining in soft tissue lesions
• Flow cytometry from aspirate is usually better for immunophenotyping than immunostaining of tissue sections

Differential diagnoses and pitfalls

• A minority of AML may present with hypocellular marrow
• AML may present as granulocytic sarcoma
image always consider this possibility in an unusual soft tissue lesion

AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities

• Better prognosis as a group
• Histopathological samples rarely allow such specific diagnosis
image requires genetic testing
t(8;21)(q22;q22)(AML1/ETO)

• 5–10% of AML
image mainly childhood cases
• May present as granulocytic sarcoma
• Myeloid markers +
• Coexpression of CD19
• CD34+
• Variable TdT+
• CD56 expression associated with adverse prognosis
Inv(16)(p13q22) or t(16;16)(p13;q22)(CBFb;MYH11)

• 10% of AML
image mainly childhood cases
• May present as granulocytic sarcoma
• Eosinophilic granulocytes in marrow
• Myeloid markers + lysozyme
• FISH / RT-PCR required for diagnosis
t(15;17)(q22;q12)(PML/RARa)

• Acute promyelocytic leukemia
image 5% of AML
– mainly adults
• May present with DIC
• Hypercellular marrow
• Promyelocytes with granular cytoplasm
• CD33, CD13, MPO+
• CD15−
• Nuclear PML+
• Responds to transretinoic acid
AML with 11q23 (MLL) abnormalities

• 5% of AML
image more common in children
– especially AML in infants
• DIC with soft tissue infiltration
• Monocytic / myelomonocytic phenotype
• No specific immunohistochemical features

AML NOS

• >20% myeloblasts
• Without specific molecular genetic features
AML minimally differentiated

• FAB M0
• 5% of AML
image mainly adults
• Marrow failure
• Medium sized blasts
• Hypercellular marrow
image poorly differentiated blasts
• CD117+
• CD34+
image one-third
• Sometimes lymphoid markers may also be focally positive
• MPO, CD15 usually negative
AML without maturation

• FAB M1
• Extensive blasts without morphological differentiation
• Marrow failure
• Hypercellular marrow
• MPO, CD34, CD117, lysozyme+
AML with maturation

• FAB M2
image 30–40% of AML
• AML with maturation to neutrophils
• Marrow failure
• Hypercellular marrow
• Blasts and granulocyte differentiation
• MPO, lysozyme, CD15, CD117, CD34+
• Some are translocation associated
Acute myelomonocytic leukemia

• FAB M4
• 15–25% of AML
image mainly adults
• AML with neutrophil and monocyte differentiation
• >20% marrow blasts
• >20% monocyte differentiation
• Marrow failure
• MPO, CD36, CD64, lysozyme +
• Subpopulation of CD34+ cells
Acute monoblastic / monocytic leukemia

• FAB M5
• >80% monocytic differentiation
• 5% of AML
image mainly adults
• Marrow failure with or without extramedullary masses
• Hypercellular marrow with large blasts
• Monoblasts
image lysozyme+
image variable CD68+
image MPO−
• Other blasts
image MPO, CD117, lysozyme+
Acute erythroid leukemia

• FAB M6
• 5% of AML
image mainly adults
• Acute leukemia with >50% erythroid precursors
image if >80% then classify as pure erythroid
• >20% of non-erythroid cells are myeloblasts
• Hypercellular marrow
• Erythroblasts
image MPO−
image glycophorin+
• Other blasts
image MPO, CD117, lysozyme +
Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia

• AML M7
• <5% of AML
image adults and children
• Association with preceding mediastinal germ cell tumors in males
• Poorly differentiated blasts and megakaryoblasts in marrow with variable fibrosis
• May be associated with t(1;22) in infants
• MPO−
• CD41+, CD61+, Factor VIII RA+
image variant is AML / transient myeloproliferative disorder in Trisomy 21
– neonates with T21
– increased blasts
Acute basophilic leukemia

• Rare
image <1% AML
• Marrow blasts are CD34+
• Granular cytoplasm
Acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis

• Rare
• Variable increased marrow reticulin fibrosis with blasts
• Variable expression of myeloid markers
image MPO, CD117, CD13, CD33
• Overlap with other AML with marrow fibrosis
image especially megakaryoblastic

MYELOID SARCOMA (Figs 8.3–8.5)

• Extramedullary mass of immature myeloid cells
• Always consider the possibility in ‘odd’ sarcoma biopsies in children
• May demonstrate nuclear WT1+ (Al Adnani et al 2007)
• MPO, lysozyme, CD117, CD13, CD33, CD43 variably +
• May be associated with concurrent AML or be apparently isolated
image

Fig. 8.3

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Figs 8.3–8.4 Photomicrographs of a granulocytic sarcoma presenting as an apparently primary soft tissue mass, demonstrating sheets of myeloblasts.

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Fig 8.5 Photomicrograph of a granulocytic sarcoma presenting as an apparently primary soft tissue mass, demonstrating sheets of myeloblasts, expressing myeloid markers, in this case lysozyme.

ACUTE LEUKEMIA OF AMBIGUOUS LINEAGE

• Some leukemias show neither diagnostic lymphoid nor myeloid features or mixtures of both
• <5% acute leukemia
• May express CD34 and/or TdT but no other specific diagnostic markers, or multiple markers of more than one lineage

PRECURSOR B ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA / LYMPHOMA (Figs 8.6, 8.7)

• Small to medium uniform B-lymphoblasts
• Arbitrary definition of extramedullary sites with <25% blasts in marrow classified as lymphoma
• 75% of ALL affects patients <6 years of age
image of these >80% are pre-B ALL
• Diffuse uniform infiltration of marrow or extramedullary sites
image focal ‘starry sky pattern’ may also be seen
• Nuclear TdT+
image most useful marker, especially in extramedullary sites
• CD19, CD79a+
• CD10 and CD20+ in most
image note that hematogones in marrow are also TdT and CD10+
• Ki67 index high but lower than Burkitt lymphoma
image usually 50–90%
• Cytogenetic abnormalities in some cases
image may be related to prognosis
• >70% overall survival
image

Fig. 8.6

image

Figs 8.6–8.7 Photomicrographs of a case of acute pre B / common lymphoblastic leukemia, demonstrating extensive marrow involvement by sheets of bland, uniform lymphoblasts, which express nuclear TdT and membranous CD10 (shown in Fig 8.7) on immunostaining.

PRECURSOR T ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA / LYMPHOMA

• Small to medium sized uniform T-lymphoblasts
• Arbitrary definition of extramedullary sites with <25% blasts in marrow classified as lymphoma
• 15% of childhood ALL
image more common in adolescent males
• Often with mediastinal or other tissue mass
• Diffuse uniform infiltration of marrow or extramedullary sites
• Focal ‘starry sky pattern’ may also be seen
• Nuclear TdT+
• CD3/5+
• CD10, CD79a, CD13, CD33 may also be positive

MATURE B CELL LEUKEMIA / LYMPHOMA

• Clonal proliferations of B-cells in varying stages of maturity
• May be associated with immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease in childhood
• Some types are infection related
image EBV – Burkitt lymphoma
image HHV8 – primary effusion lymphoma
image H. pylori – mucosa associated lymphoid tissue
• Many types are reported but in childhood almost all are:
image Burkitt lymphoma
image Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)

BURKITT LYMPHOMA

Epidemiology

• Endemic type
image Africa
image children 4–7 years
image almost all are EBV-related
• Sporadic type
image all countries
image mainly children
– <50% of childhood lymphoma
image <30% are EBV+
• Immunodeficiency-associated cases
image EBV+ in around 40%

Genetics

• Clonal immunoglobulin gene rearrangements
• Classical translocation is t(8;14)
image results in MYC deregulation

Clinical features

• Often affects extranodal sites
image especially:
– bone
– jaw
– ileum / cecum
– ovaries
– kidney
– breast
• Sporadic cases mainly present as abdominal masses
• Risk of tumor lysis syndrome on treatment

Histopathological features (Figs 8.8–8.14)

• Monomorphic B-cell infiltration
image sheets of B-lymphocytes
– round / ovoid nuclei
– clumped chromatin
– basophilic cytoplasm with lipid vacuoles
image numerous macrophages
– starry sky pattern
image high proliferation rate
– >95% with Ki67 staining
• Variants:
image plasmacytoid
image atypical / Burkitt-like
– increased pleomorphism
image

Fig. 8.8

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Fig. 8.9

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Fig. 8.10

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Figs 8.8–8.11 Photomicrographs of cases of Burkitt lymphoma, demonstrating sheets of uniform small ovoid B-lymphocytes, infiltrating surrounding tissue, with areas showing prominent tingible body macrophages (’starry sky pattern’).

image

Fig. 8.12

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Fig. 8.13

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Figs 8.12–8.14 Photomicrographs of a case of Burkitt lymphoma, demonstrating immunoexpression of CD20, CD10 and almost 100% proliferation rate with Ki67 staining.

Immunohistochemical staining

• CD20 / CD79a+
• Usually CD10 + and bcl6+
• Ki67 >95%
• TdT−

DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL) (Figs 8.15–8.18)

• Large neoplastic B-cells
image more than twice normal size
• Nodal or extranodal involvement
• In childhood cases consider an underlying immunodeficiency
• Diffuse infiltration by large B-cells
image often with centroblastic or immunoblastic differentiation
• Variants:
image T-cell rich
image anaplastic
image plasmacytic
image ALK+ (CD30−) variants
• CD19, CD20, CD79a+
• Variable Bcl2 and bcl6+
• Ki67 30–90%
image

Fig. 8.15

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Fig. 8.16

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Figs 8.15–8.17

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