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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... (Chronic Lymphocytic ... Lymphocytic Lymphoma ... lymphoma #Leukemia ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Cancer affecting ... #Chronic #Lymphocytic ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Age > 50 • Chronic ... Lymphocytic Leukemia ... Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology ... #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Leukemia (CLL) ... #Chronic #Lymphocytic ... #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
~10% - B-Cell ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification ... #pathophysiology ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
involved) • No leukemic ... translocation • Types: Classification ... • Other hematologic ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #differential #hematology
Retroviral Infections: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Note: A retrovirus is an RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to
retrovirus-associated cancers ... HIV (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma ... lymphoma/leukemia ... #oncogenesis #pathophysiology ... #immunology #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
accounts for 10% of all ... -95% of cases) Classification ... HL (MCHL) - Lymphocyte ... #diagnosis #classification ... #hematology #oncology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... or other cancers ... Granulomatous lymphocytic ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology ... #hematology #diagnosis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
general feeling of ill ... (malignancy), lymphoma ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... Syndrome #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology