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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... response to mosquito bites ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Diagnosis: • ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... syndrome • Smoldering ... #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Reactive ... • Insect Bites ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... #Hematology #Oncology
Mosquito Bite Reactions

• Mosquito saliva-induced type I hypersensitivity
• Skeeter syndrome
• Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites (HMB)
• Well's
(HMB) • Well's ... Syndrome • Exaggerated ... chronic lymphocytic leukemia ... (CLL) #Mosquito ... #differential #diagnosis
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 ... Allogeneic stem cell ... treatment #hematology #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Cell Leukemia ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hodgkin ... usually at a single site ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... #differential #algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... #algorithm #hepatology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Summary of Oncologic ... Usually myeloid leukemias ... “big & sticky” cells ... ± tocilizumab; call ... #HemeOnc #Diagnosis