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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CLL Acute leukemias ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... Malaise, bleeding, infections ... -> Invade Skin: ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... weeks without infection ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... Lymphocytosis: Absolute blood ... ’s lymphoma or acute
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Management of Purulent skin ... per minute) or abnormal ... white blood cell ... or those with clinical ... such as bullae, skin
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
just beneath the skin ... petechiae) • Frequent infections ... • Parvovirus infection ... abnormal ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
The white-cell count ... dacryocystitis — infection ... Cultures of urine, blood ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #peds #acute
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Acute Purpura Fulminans ... Your blood cxs identify ... - BIDMC Infectious ... #Rash #clinical ... #photo
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus skin ... vulnificus part of normal ... All oysters at Chesapeake ... Vibrio #Vulnificus #skin ... #photo
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... general feeling of ill ... gastrointestinal infection ... neutrophils in the blood ... #dermatology #oncology
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
white-cell count ... the patient’s blood ... (normal value, ... definitive host; the infection ... #clinical #NEJM
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... to a preceding infection ... transplantation CLINICAL ... CSF white blood ... specific therapy, the clinician