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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
APML, CLL Acute ... smear or on bone ... Chronic leukemia ... • Peripheral smear ... #Hematology #Oncology
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
(T-PLL) not Acute ... (AML). ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
and started on all-trans ... (AML) t(8;21), ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

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

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
involve one, two, or all ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... (CML) • Felty ... count with differential ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
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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involved) • No leukemic ... Malignancies (eg CML ... , ALL) • Solid ... #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #
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
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