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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Leukemia - Summary ... weeks without infection ... Physical Exam/Signs ... workup #oncology #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... Summary myelo ( ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... Allogeneic stem cell ... #hematology #oncology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
- Differential Diagnosis ... Thrombocytosis): • Acute infection ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... myeloid leukemia (CML ... #Causes #hematology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... syndrome, HIV) ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... - Summary Overview ... Complications: 1) Infection ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... #management
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... in those with CLD ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... #diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
- Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Management #Microbiology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Illness Script Signs ... : • Recurrent infections ... Consider stem cell ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
temporalis (giant-cell ... malignomas, and infectious ... induced by chronic ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis