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

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

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... • Lymphocytes ... with no early symptoms ... leukemia #CLL ... #workup #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) ... • Most common leukemia ... cytometry → >500/uL clonal ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... #Leukemia #oncology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Rich, Lymphocyte ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... common - T Cell ... ~10% - B-Cell ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
- B symptoms ... involved) • No leukemic ... Nodal disease: B symptoms ... Diagnosis of B-Symptoms ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology
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 ... certain types of leukemia ... #dermatology #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
accounts for 10% of all ... ingestion • B symptoms ... HL (MCHL) - Lymphocyte ... HL (LRHL) - Lymphocyte ... classification #hematology #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... (CML) • Felty ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) - Summary Framework

Hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of either
constitutional symptoms ... type) < 3 g/dL • Clonal ... to the plasma cell ... proliferative disorder • Clonal ... hematology #diagnosis #oncology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
cytopenias, and clonal ... with a risk of clonal ... acute myeloid leukemia ... disease-associated symptoms ... with repeated red cell