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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• Cytopenia -> BM ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... promyelocytic leukemia ... a bone marrow (BM ... hospitalization and treatment ... acute myeloid leukemia
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... and Treatment ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious • EBV ... Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ovarian - Leukemia ... /Lymphoma: NHL, ... CML • Miscellaneous ... #Algorithm #causes
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
the non-Hodgkin lymphoma ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... microglobulin Treatment ... Transform to DLBCL, PML ... #diagnosis #workup
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bacterial • Viral (EBV ... Malignant • Lymphoma ... • Leukemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Responsive to Treatment ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... growth, response to treatment ... relapse - Amy
Differential Diagnosis for Generalized Lymphadenopathy

Viral
• HIV 
• EBV 
• CMV 
• HBV 
• Dengue 
• Rubella
Differential Diagnosis ... Viral • HIV • EBV ... Malignancy • Lymphoma ... • Leukemia • ... #Causes #Algorithm
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Immunosuppression (e.g., HIV), EBV ... involved) • No leukemic ... Differential Diagnosis ... , ALL) • Solid ... comparison #oncology #diagnosis