Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Entity Dysplasia Peripheral blasts Bone marrow blasts Ringed sideroblasts Cytogenetics 5q − syndrome Mostly DysE <1 % <5 % <15 % 5q − sole RA, RN,RT, RCUD DysE, N, T <1 % <5 %…
Lymphomas: Follicular Lymphoma, HVC-Associated Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma, and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
Complete blood counts Serum beta2-microglobulin Serum albumin Serum protein electrophoresis Quantification of IgG, IgA, and IgM Serum and urine immunofixation Bone marrow biopsy and immunophenotypic studies CT scan of the…
Lymphoma: Physiopathology and Treatment of EBV-Associated Lymphomas
Fig. 1 (a) Top: cytology on a fine-needle aspiration. Note the 2 mitotic figures. Botton: H&E stain of a lymph node biopsy showing BL. (b) Top: CD20, middle Ki67 immunohistochemistry….
of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jean-Pierre Droz, Bernard Carme, Pierre Couppié, Mathieu Nacher and Catherine Thiéblemont (eds.)Tropical Hemato-Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-18257-5_22 Diagnosis of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Kikkeri Naresh1 , Martine Raphaël2 , Elisabeth Auberger3 and Jessie Githanga4 (1) Department of Pathology, The Hammersmith Hospital/Imperial College,…
Screening and Prevention in the Tropics
Fig. 1 Age-standardized incidence of cancer (all sites) in different tropical areas in 2008 Fig. 2 Age-standardized incidence of selected types of cancer in different tropical areas in 2008 For…
T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1: Epidemiological Aspects
Fig. 1 Type C retroviral particles in the extracellular spaces of a CD4 + lymphoid cell line infected by HTLV-1. The cell line has been established from a long-term culture in presence…
of Helicobacter pylori and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Fig. 1 Gastric pathologies induced by Helicobacter pylori infection At the cellular level, H. pylori infection leads to a Th1 immune response and to a chronic gastritis, followed by an…
and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of Schistosomiasis
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jean-Pierre Droz, Bernard Carme, Pierre Couppié, Mathieu Nacher and Catherine Thiéblemont (eds.)Tropical Hemato-Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-18257-5_18 Epidemiology and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of Schistosomiasis Birgitte Jyding Vennervald1 (1) Section for Parasitology and Aquatic Diseases, Faculty of Health and…
