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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
ALL Symptoms: ... • Age: 60-80 Clonal ... (SLL) CLL Symptoms ... 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
 •
Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... involved) • No leukemic ... involvement Differential ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #diagnosis #differential
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
(CLL) - Summary ... cytometry → >500/uL clonal ... immunophenotype Clinical ... lymphoma (Richter ... #oncology #hematology
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
Leukemia • HIV ... NHL, Hodgkin's lymphoma ... , Burkitt's lymphoma ... Associations #Cancers #oncology ... #differential #
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Disorders - Differential ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... ~10% - B-Cell ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... Diagnosis #NonHodgkin #differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
accounts for 10% of all ... - Clinical Presentation ... ingestion • B symptoms ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... classification #hematology #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
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
autoimmune disorder or lymphoid ... malignancy (CLL ... - Monoclonal - Lymphoid ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Episcleritis Signs and Symptoms ... general feeling of ill ... development of skin symptoms ... (malignancy), lymphoma ... #dermatology #oncology