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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Cancer affecting lymphocytes ... cells can indicate disease ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Diagnosis and Workup ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... bypass), LFT (liver disease ... #Workup #hematology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... decades of life Causes ... fever, fatigue, Nausea ... infiltration (lymphocytes ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemia): • Lymphocytes ... extramedullary disease ... -> AML: Blast crises ... CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Pathophysiology: • T lymphocyte ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... but elevated as disease ... , IgG4 related disease ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
• Immunologic Workup ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... Management #Summary #rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung disease ... Granulomatous disease ... Granulomatous lymphocytic ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
• Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... • Immunologic Workup ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... comparison #table #rheumatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... about secondary causes ... you’ll do a good workup ... can drive this disease ... As with many disease
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
HL (MCHL) - Lymphocyte ... HL (LRHL) - Lymphocyte ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... number of sites of disease ... classification #hematology