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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
- Summary Cancer ... with no early symptoms ... cells can indicate disease ... • Sezary syndrome ... #diagnosis #workup
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... lymphoid organs When Cancer ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Diagnosis
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... telomeropathy Cancer ... : • Leukemia • ... #Hematology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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LC deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... sunitinib , PD-Ii • TMA ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... Episcleritis Signs and Symptoms ... development of skin symptoms ... cutis Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... thrombocytopenia Complications ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... (AQP4-lgG disease ... pain • Extra-CNS complications ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... #neurology #symptoms
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... mutations - Down syndrome ... / Complications ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... PBC Signs and Symptoms ... but elevated as disease ... , IgG4 related disease ... #workup #hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
noninfectious complications ... Lymphoma or other cancers ... gastric and breast cancer ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome