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Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) Clinical manifestations Diagnosis Other features
Symptoms Physical examination CBC & Peripheral smear Bone marrow biopsy Gold standard Other investigations
WBCs RBCs Platelets
Leukocytosis Blasts Left shift Basophilia Eosinophilia Monocytosis Others
Chronic myeloid leukemia

(CML), BCR-ABL1+[1][2]

  • Asymptomatic
  • Constitutional symptoms
  • Hyperviscosity and/or anemia related
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Splenomegaly (46–76%)
  • Purpura
  • Anemia related
  • Priapism
Absolute leukocytosis (median of 100,000/µL) Usually <2% but may present with blast crisis Left shift with classic myelocyte bulge (myelocytes > metamyelocytes on the blood smear)
Absolute basophilia is almost always present Absolute eosinophilia in 90% of patients Often present Anemia Platelet count is usually normal or elevated but thrombocytopenia indicates advanced stage or an alternative diagnosis
  • Hypercellurarity with ↑ granuloscytosis and ↓ erythrocytosis
  • Fibrosis
Marrow aspirate & unilateral biopsy with cytogenetics and flow cytometry
  • FISH for t(9;22)(q34;q11.2)
  • Reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR) for BCR-ABL
Granulocytic dysplasia is minimal/absent
Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL)[3][4][5]
  • Asymptomatic
  • Constitutional symptoms
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Splenomegaly
  • Heptomegaly
  • Purpura
  • Anemia related
Leukocytosis with chronic neutrophilia Minimal to none Significantly less than that of CML Absent Absent Absent ↑ Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

↑ Vitamin B12 levels

Anemia Thrombocytopenia Uniforme and intense hypercellularity with minimal to none fibrosis

Neutrophil toxic granulations and Dohle bodies

FISH

Imaging for hepatosplenomegaly

Associationed with polycythemia vera and plasma cell disorders
Polycythemia vera (PV)[6][7][8][9]
  • Constitutional
  • Thromboembolism and bleeding
  • Pruritus after a warm bath
  • PUD related
  • Facial ruddiness
  • Related to underlying cause
  • Splenomegaly
  • Renal bruit
Normal to mild None None May be present May be present Usually absent ↓ Serum ferritin ↓ Folate levels

↑↑B12 levels

↑↑ Hb and Hct levels (> 16 and 48%) None to moderate Hypercellularity for age with tri-lineage growth

Myelofibrosis (in up to 20% of patients)

JAK2 mutation studies are diagnostic in 95% of patients Radioisotope studies

Serum EPO levels

LFTs

RFTs

Imaging studies

May transform into myelofibrosis or leukemia
Primary myelofibrosis (PMF)[10][11][12][13]
  • Constitutional
  • Anemia related
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Hepatosplenomegaly
  • Petechiae & ecchymoses
  • Abdominal distension
  • Lymphadenopathy
Variable with leukocytosis or leukopenia Erythroblasts may be seen None Abset Absent Absent ↑ LAP

↑ LAD

uric acid

↑ vitamin B12

Normochromic normocytic anemia Thrombocytopenia Variable with fibrosis or hypercellularity JAK2 mutation

CALR mutation

MPL mutation

Bone marrow aspiration shows a dry tap
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)[14][15][16]
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Visual disturbances
  • Priapism
  • Acute chest pain
  • Splenomegaly
  • Skin bruises

None/may be

None

None

decreased or absent basophils

None

None

None

Normocytic,

normochrmoic

Marked thrombocytosis

Normal/Hypercellular

WHO diagnostic criteria for essential thrombocythemia

JAK2 mutation

CALR mutation

MPL mutation

Thrombosis

Hemorrhage

Pregnancy loss

Chronic eosinophilic leukemia, not otherwise specified (NOS)[17][18][19][20]
  • Constitutional
  • Rash
  • Rhinitis
  • Gastritis
  • Thromboembolism related
  • Hypertension
  • Eczema, mucosal ulcers, erythema
  • Angioedema
  • Ataxia
  • Anemia
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • hepatosplenomegaly
Leukocytosis Present Present Mild basophilia Severe eosinophilia Mildly increased

monocytes

↑ B12 levels

LDH

Anemia Thrombocytopenia Hypercelluar with ↑ eosinophilic precursors, ↑ eosinophils, and atypical mononuclear cells Biopsy combined with peripheral eosinophilia and absence of Philadelphia chromosome FISH

Cytogenetic analysis of purified eosinophils and X-chromosome inactivation analysis

  • Heart failure
  • Lung fibrosis
  • Encephalopathy
  • Erythema annulare centrifugam
MPN, unclassifiable Similar to other myeloproliferative neoplasms Similar to other myeloproliferative neoplasms Leukocytosis Variable Variable Variable Variable Variable May resemble other myeloproliferative neoplasms Variable Thrombocytosis in most cases ↑ megakaryocyte proliferation with variable hypercellularity in granulocytic or erythrocytic cell lines None Similar to other myeloprolifeartive neoplasms but do not fulfil the criteria to be classified to a specific type
Mastocytosis[21][22][23][24]
  • Constitutional
  • Pruritus & Flushing
  • Urticaria & Blisters
  • Hypotension & PUD
  • Bleeding
  • Bronchoconstriction
  • Mastocytosis exanthema
  • Blistering
  • Swelling
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Bleeding
  • Fibrosis
Leukocytosis None None Eosinophilia ↑ Alkaline phosphatase

↑ LDH

Anemia Thrombocytopenia or thrombocytosis Multifocal dense infiltrates of mast cells with atypical morphology in >25 % Bone marrow or lesional (Cutaneous mastocytosis) biopsyand histopathological studies Cytogenetic analysis for c-KIT receptor mutations

Serum tryptase levels

24-hour urine test for N-methyl histamine and 11-beta-prostaglandine

  • Skin most commonly involved
  • Susceptibility to anaphylaxix
  • Osteoporosis
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) Clinical manifestations Diagnosis Other features
Symptoms Physical examination CBC & Peripheral smear Bone marrow biopsy Gold standard Other investigations
WBCs RBCs Platelets
Leukocytosis Blasts Left shift Basophilia Eosinophilia Monocytosis Others
Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia and rearrangement of

PDGFRA, PDGFRB, or FGFR1, or with PCM1-JAK2

  • Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with PDGFRA rearrangement
  • Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with PDGFRB rearrangement
  • Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with FGFR1 rearrangement
  • Provisional entity: Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with PCM1-JAK
  • Asymptomatic
  • Constitutional
  • Rash
  • Cough & breathlessness
  • Peripheral neuropathy/encephalopathy
May present or evolve into acute myeloid or lymphoblastic leukemia
Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN) Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)[25]
[26][27]
  • Constitutional
  • Anemia related
  • Bleeding
  • Infections
  • Bone pain
  • Leukemia Cutis
  • Organomegaly
  • Bruising
MD-CMML: WBC ≤ 13 × 109/L

 MP-CMML: WBC > 13 × 109/L (FAB)

< 20% blasts Eosinophilia Absolute monocytosis > 1 × 109/L (defining feature) ↑ LDH Anemia Thrombocytopenia Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative feature Exclusion of distinctive rearrangements and translocation i.e; Ph chromosome and presence of monocytosis Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

Overlapping of both, MDS and MPN
Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML), BCR-ABL1-[28][29] Similar to chronic myeloid leukemia Similar to chronic myeloid leukemia WBC > 13 × 109/L <20% myeloblats Present <2% of leukocytes Anemia Thrombocytopenia Granulocytic hyperplasia with prominent dysplasia Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

Granulocytic dysplasia is prominent

Absence of BCR-ABL or PDGFRA, PDGFRB, or FGFR1 rearrangements

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)[30][31]
  • Infections
  • Anemia related
  • Hepatosplenomegaly
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Rash
Leukocytosis Present Monocytosis ↓Serum Iron

↑vitamin B12

Anemia Thrombocytopenia Hypercelluar with ↑ myeloid cells in stages of maturation Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

Polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia
MDS/MPN with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis (MDS/MPN-RS-T)[32][33][34]
  • Constitutional
  • Anemia related
  • Thrombosis
Variable Variable None or minimal None None or minimal absolute basophilia Serum Iron Anemia Thrombocytosis Hypercellularity with dyserythropoiesis and increased megakaryocytes Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

Large atypical megakaryocytes

Ringed sideroblasts

SF3B1 mutation

MDS/MPN, unclassifiable
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)[35][36]
  • Constitutional
  • Anemia related
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Pallor
  • Petechiae
  • Organomegaly
Leukopenia None None Decreased Decreased Decreased
  • Macro-ovalocytes
  • Basophilic stippling
  • Howell-Jolly body
  • Acquired or pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly
Anemia Thrombocytosis Hypercellular

/ normocellular bone marrow with dysplastic changes

Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

Leukemia transformation
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and related neoplasms
  • AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities
  1. AML with t(8;21)(q22;q22.1);RUNX1-RUNX1T1
  2. AML with inv(16)(p13.1q22) or t(16;16)(p13.1;q22);CBFB-MYH11
  3. APL with PML-RARA
  4. AML with t(9;11)(p21.3;q23.3);MLLT3-KMT2A
  5. AML with t(6;9)(p23;q34.1);DEK-NUP214
  6. AML with inv(3)(q21.3q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21.3;q26.2);GATA2, MECOM
  7. AML (megakaryoblastic) with t(1;22)(p13.3;q13.3);RBM15-MKL1
  8. Provisional entity: AML with BCR-ABL1
  9. AML with mutated NPM1
  10. AML with biallelic mutations of CEBPA
  11. Provisional entity: AML with mutated RUNX1
  • AML with myelodysplasia-related changes
  • Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms
  • AML, NOS
  1. AML with minimal differentiation
  2. AML without maturation
  3. AML with maturation
  4. Acute myelomonocytic leukemia
  5. Acute monoblastic/monocytic leukemia
  6. Pure erythroid leukemia
  7. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
  8. Acute basophilic leukemia
  9. Acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis
  • Myeloid sarcoma
  • Myeloid proliferations related to Down syndrome
  1. Transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM)
  2. Myeloid leukemia associated with Down syndrome
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm
B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma[37][38]
  • Constitutional
  • Anemia related
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Bone pain
  • Pallor
  • Petechiae
  • Organomegaly
  • Lymphadenopathy
Variable >25% blasts Variable Variable Variable Auer bodies Anemia Thrombocytopenia Hypercellular with blast infilteration

with or without myelodysplasia

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

FISH

May present as extramedullary disease (Myeloid sarcoma)
T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma[39][40][41]
  • Constitutional
  • Anemia Related
  • Bleeding
  • Superior vena cava syndrome
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Mediastinal mass
  • Pleural effusions
  • Tracheal obstruction
  • Pericardial effusions
Variable,

often leukocytosis

>25% blasts (Leukemia)

<25% blasts (Lymphoma)

Variable Variable Variable Variable LDH

Positivite for TdT

Variable Variable Bone marrow and tissue aspiration and biopsy Cytogenetic analysis

Flow cytometry

FISH

May involve brain, skin, and testes.
Provisional entity: Natural killer (NK) cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymph
Provisional entity: Early T-cell precursor lymphoblastic leukemia[42][43] Similar to T-cell precursor lymphoblastic leukemia but is more aggressive clinically and cell are characterized by cytometry as CD1a, CD8, CD5 (dim), and positivity for 1 or more stem cell or myeloid antigens. Gene expression indicates more immature cells as compared to other subtypes of T-cell neoplasms.
  • 50% of patients are asymptomatic
  • Clinical features are generally nonspecific such as left upper quadrant pain, early satiety, fatigue & lethargy (most common presenting symptom), weight loss, and night sweats.
  • symptoms of anemia
  • bleeding
  • priapism
  • bone pain
  • Abdominal mass or fullness
  • Infection
  • Headache
  • Dyspnoea
  • Visual disturbances
  • Weakness
  • Arthralgia
  • Cough
  • Malaise
  • Dizziness
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Ankle oedema
  • Mental change

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