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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... splenomegaly), night ... • Peripheral smear ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Drenching night ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... • Peripheral smear ... #diagnosis #workup
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... • Peripheral smear ... immunophenotype Clinical ... symptoms → fevers, night ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... organ damage Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... treatment #management #hematology
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
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 ... Differential Diagnosis ... comparison #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... counted left to right ... Tissue damage • Leukemia ... likelihood of negative clinical ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... Peripheral blood smear ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
various types of light ... wavelengths #causes #diagnosis ... #dermatology #skin ... non-melanoma skin cancer: clinical ... Saraiya M, Geller AC
Symmetrical Drug-Related Intertriginous and Flexural Exanthema (SDRIFE)

49M +burning rash groins/buttocks (pic in next thread) x 1d.
PMH: DM (A1c 6.5% ... 68% got the right ... Exanthema #rash #clinical ... #photo #dermatology