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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... leukemias > 20% ... Chronic leukemia ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... cutaneous plaques) AML
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
large, immature myeloblasts ... acute myelogenous leukemia ... (AML) that is most ... #Clinical #Path ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Syndrome - Causes and Treatment ... Plasmapheresis - Leukemia ... Hydroxyurea - Leukemia ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... Differential #Diagnosis #Treatment
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia ... I see all of these ... promyelocytic #leukemia ... #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytic leukemia ... hospitalization and treatment ... (AML) t(8;21), ... AML with maturation ... #Clinical #Path
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
T-prolymphocytic leukemia ... Acute Myeloid Leukemia ... (AML). ... Pathology #Microscopy #Clinical
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
acute myeloid leukemia ... #neutrophils #AML ... #Clinical #Hematology
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Treatment Schema ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Cytarabine #ALL ... Lymphoblastic #Leukemia ... #Treatment #timeline
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
An acute, life-threatening condition that appears within 7 days of starting cytotoxic therapies in
Burkitt's lymphoma & ALL ... spontaneously (before any treatments ... lymphoma & Acute leukemia ... (both ALL and AML ... malignancies Treatments
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ... • Most common leukemia ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... microglobulin Treatment ... Transform to DLBCL, PML