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Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
- Malignancy: Leukemia ... cutis, Cutaneous ... Dermatoses: Sweet Syndrome ... Gangrenosum, NEH T - Treatment ... differential #diagnosis #cancer
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... violaceous, nontender cutaneous ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... lymphoid organs When Cancer ... #Hematology #Oncology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... Most common extra cutaneous ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... cancer such as ... Treatment: - Systemic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
vasculitis) • Cutaneous ... basal ganglia, CNS ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
- Summary Cancer ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Sezary syndrome ... workup #oncology #hematology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... involve PNS and CNS ... Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia ... • Lung cancer ... • Cervical cancer
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... involvement (2%) Cutaneous ... • Severe Liver Disease ... + Bleeding Treatment ... #management #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... skin (xerosis) • Cutaneous ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... #Rheumatology #
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
immunosuppressed pts ... contaminated dressings, surgery ... biopsy taken from center ... University Infectious Diseases ... Mucormycosis #Eschar #dermatology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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• Plasma cell leukemia ... changes (POEMS syndrome ... ovarian tumors, lung cancers ... : Lymphoma, Leukemia ... Determine its size