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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
smear or on bone ... Chronic leukemia ... Pruritis after hot bath ... • Peripheral smear ... #Hematology #Oncology
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
acute myelogenous leukemia ... (AML) that is most ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
her peripheral blood ... (AML) t(8;21), ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
T-prolymphocytic leukemia ... (AML). ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... • Peripheral smear ... Lymphocytosis: Absolute blood ... #CLL #Chronic ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Myelogenous Leukemia ... count with differential ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
The hematopoietic tree and the resulting leukemias and lymphomas 
The hematopoietic tree refers to the hierarchical
self-renew and differentiate ... into all types ... of blood cells. ... into acute and chronic ... Chronic leukemias
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... the total white blood ... similarly to mast cells ... Disorders: • Chronic ... (CML) - associated
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... involved) • No leukemic ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
Like Conditions - Differential ... lymphocytes, plasma cells ... frequent in men Chronic ... be seen after blood ... #Diagnosis #comparison