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VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) Syndrome
Clinical Syndrome:
 • Common Clinical Features: alveolitis, ear and
vasculitis • Hematologic ... criteria for 1) hematologic ... (12%) • giant cell ... peripheral blood myeloid ... cells NEJM Review
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
(Chronic Myeloid ... • Neutrophils (myeloid ... AML (Acute Myeloid ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Management Summary myelo ... = funny-shaped cells ... Allogeneic stem cell ... #Management #treatment ... #hematology #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Diagnosis: • ... or basket cells ... microglobulin Treatment ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #diagnosis ... workup #oncology #hematology
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Multiple Myeloma ... osteolytic lesions and pathologic ... marrow plasma cells ... plasma clonal cell ... #Multiple #Myeloma
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis ... lymphoma, multiple myeloma ... adsorption onto cancer cells ... #Management #treatment ... #hematology #differential
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
- Differential Diagnosis ... similarly to mast cells ... Disorders: • Chronic myeloid ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Castleman's Disease and Associated Syndromes
HYALINE VASCULAR VARIANT
 • unicentric, HHV8-ve, children and young.
 • Hyalinized vessels
disease PLASMA CELL ... Diffuse plasma cells ... disorders (myeloma ... Disease #Variants #Diagnosis ... #Pathology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
and laboratory diagnosis ... non-specific red cell ... polychromatophilic cells ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... lymphocytes, smudge cells ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis