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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• Age: 60-80 Clonal ... (SLL) CLL Symptoms ... Lymphocytic Lymphoma ... lymphoma #Leukemia ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... with no early symptoms ... cell leukemia ... leukemia #CLL ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... - B symptoms ... involved) • No leukemic ... Noncontiguous spread • Clinical ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology
Adult T-cell Leukemia / Lymphoma (ATLL) - Mimicking Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma with Hodgkin like cells

Features ATLL:
Adult T-cell Leukemia ... / Lymphoma (ATLL ... presents in acute leukemic ... #Leukemia #Lymphoma ... Hemepath #pathology #Clinical
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
cytometry → >500/uL clonal ... immunophenotype Clinical ... Transformation to large cell ... lymphoma (Richter ... #oncology #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... • Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Causes #Hematology #Oncology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative ... Algorithm Hodgkin Lymphoma ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... @AmyChung #Lymphomas
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
HTLV-1 - Adult T-cell ... Leukemia • HIV ... NHL, Hodgkin's lymphoma ... , Burkitt's lymphoma ... Associations #Cancers #oncology
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
lymphoma, ALK+ ... Clinical • First ... variant can have leukemic ... advanced stage + B symptoms ... Anaplastic #largecell #lymphoma
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
T-prolymphocytic leukemia ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... to medium size lymphoid ... cells with mature ... Pathology #Microscopy #Clinical