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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Rapidly rising blast cells ... : Granulocytic cells ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Hematology #Oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... = funny-shaped cells ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Skin: - CLL cells ... or basket cells ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... • Sezary syndrome ... workup #oncology #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Neoplastic: - Leukemia ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Chronic myelogenous leukemia ... Polycythemia vera Acute Leukemia ... pancytopenia, blast cells ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... Plasmapheresis - Leukemia ... Hydroxyurea - Leukemia ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Treatment #Management
Algorithm for the management of children with nephrotic syndrome and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS)

#nephrotic #syndrome
Algorithm for the management ... with nephrotic syndrome ... resistant nephrotic syndrome ... #nephrotic #syndrome ... resistant #nephrology #peds
Top tips for triaging and treating kids with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome
#Diagnosis #Management #PatientInfo #Peds #Pediatrics #PittHopkins
with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #PatientInfo #Peds ... #PittHopkins #Syndrome
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Cancer: • Leukemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
similarly to mast cells ... Chronic myeloid leukemia ... Acute myeloid leukemia ... Acute basophilic leukemia ... Diagnosis #causes #hematology