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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... 500/uL clonal B lymphocytes ... 5) Symptoms of anemia ... marrow failure with anemia ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Cancer affecting lymphocytes ... • Lymphocytes ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemia): • Lymphocytes ... - infiltrates (anemia ... (Chronic Lymphocytic ... and/or Small Lymphocytic ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... changes), high MCV anemia ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #hematology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Bandemia Overview ... • Autoimmune diseases ... -0/abstract BANDemia ... Degree of bandemia ... #WBC #CBC #hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... anemia • Cold ... #hemolytic #anemia ... #hematology #diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
cell count (anemia ... Anemia • Bone ... Megaloblastic Anemia ... Myelophthisic Anemia ... #hematology #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Weight loss • Anemia ... Immune hemolytic anemia ... HL (MCHL) - Lymphocyte ... HL (LRHL) - Lymphocyte ... classification #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Clinical Presentation ... Headaches • Pale skin ... and petechiae Causes ... #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
hallmark for the disease ... result in severe anemia ... of Peripheral blood ... immune hemolytic anemia ... #Workup #Hematology