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Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Multiple Myeloma ... osteolytic lesions and pathologic ... if FLC value is also ... #Myeloma #Diagnosis ... #Management #oncology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) - Summary Framework

Hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of either
progress to IgM multiple ... progression to multiple ... myeloma, AL amyloidosis ... Significance #hematology #diagnosis ... #oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
CML (Chronic Myeloid ... • Neutrophils (myeloid ... AML (Acute Myeloid ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Raindrop Skull- ...A skeletal survey showed diffuse osteopenia, a pubic bone fracture, and numerous radiolucent lesions
appearance known as ... myeloma. ... The diagnosis was ... clonal plasma cells ... #NEJM #clinical
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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+ Extranodal (Multiple ... body, but can also ... Differential Diagnosis ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #diagnosis #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
amyotrophy with the pathologic ... - Microglial cells ... are the immune cells ... brainstem and multiple ... between nerve cells
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... lymphocytes, plasma cells ... the setting of multiple ... myeloma or AL amyloidosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
involve one, two, or all ... three myeloid hematopoiesis ... Antibiotics such as ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Diagnosis? ... patients with EMD myeloma ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... • Multiple myeloma ... #Plasmacytoma #Oncology