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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... -> AML: Blast crises ... splenomegaly), night ... • Peripheral smear ... #Hematology #Oncology
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia ... promyelocytic #leukemia ... #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical ... #Smear
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
acute myeloid leukemia ... #neutrophils #AML ... #Clinical #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear
Leukemic skin Infiltrate: Patient with known Acute Myelogenous Leukemia presented with diffuse
bullous lesions (not shown). These
Leukemic skin Infiltrate ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology ... #Infiltrate #AML
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Drenching night ... • Peripheral smear ... Transform to DLBCL, PML ... workup #oncology #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
• Most common leukemia ... • Peripheral smear ... immunophenotype Clinical ... symptoms → fevers, night ... #oncology #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... hepatosplenomegaly (Rare but might ... involved) • No leukemic ... Noncontiguous spread • Clinical ... #differential #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... transformation to AML ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... Peripheral blood smear
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
peripheral blood smears ... target cells in the right ... photo. ... thalassemia, and leukemia ... #Clinical #Path
Classic findings of endocarditis. And "classic" means rare (<5% sensitivity for all of these findings). They
sensitivity for all ... these features might ... Internet Book of Critical ... endocarditis #cutaneous #dermatology ... #clinical #photo