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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... involved) • No leukemic ... Differential Diagnosis ... , Hodgkin Lymphomas
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Causes of Diffuse ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious • EBV ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... accounts for 10% of all ... • History of EBV ... Lymphoma Treatment ... #lymphoma #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
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
identical to the non-Hodgkin ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... microglobulin Treatment ... leukemia, Hodgkin ... #diagnosis #workup
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Hodgkin) • Elevated ... Ovarian - Leukemia ... CML • Miscellaneous ... #Algorithm #causes
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hodgkin ... Depletion Non-Hodgkin ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... relapse - Amy
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 Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bacterial • Viral (EBV ... Malignant • Lymphoma ... • Leukemia ... #Hematology