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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... smear: Smudge cells ... or basket cells ... #Chronic #Lymphocytic ... #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
lymphadenopathy • Blast cells ... : Granulocytic cells ... (Chronic Lymphocytic ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Leukemia (CLL) ... , smudge cells are ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... #Chronic #Lymphocytic
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Age > 50 • Chronic ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... Biopsy • Hodgkin's ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology ... #Oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
cells. ... Workup: • Full ... Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells ... - 5% RS cells absent ... (LP) tumour B cells ... common - T Cell ... ~10% - B-Cell
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Workup: • Complete ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
aggregate foci (>50 cells ... , B cells, and plasma ... cells around salivary ... lymphoma • B cell ... lymphoma • Large B cell
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
CRP GCA (Giant Cell ... Multinucleated giant cells ... elevated protein, lymphocytic ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
biopsy demonstrates lymphocytes ... , plasma cells, ... the mainstay of treatment ... frequent in men Chronic ... hematopoietic stem cell