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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
cells - Blood & BM ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
large, immature myeloblasts ... a linear red "Auer ... acute myelogenous leukemia ... (AML) that is most ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Immunosuppression (e.g., HIV), EBV ... involved) • No leukemic ... , Hodgkin Lymphomas
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytic leukemia ... a bone marrow (BM ... hospitalization and treatment ... (AML) t(8;21), ... AML with maturation
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Hodgkin Lymphoma ... accounts for 10% of all ... • History of EBV ... Lymphoma Treatment
Presentation of malignant disease in children 
Pre-school (<5 years old) 
 - Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
lymphoblastic leukaemia ... incidence - Non-Hodgkin ... lymphoma - Neuroblastoma ... (ALL) - Hodgkin ... lymphoma - Malignant
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Infectious • EBV ... Biopsy • Non-Hodgkin's ... Lymphoma - Reed-Sternberg ... Biopsy • Hodgkin's ... Lymphoma #Diffuse
The hematopoietic tree and the resulting leukemias and lymphomas 
The hematopoietic tree refers to the hierarchical
the resulting leukemias ... differentiate into all ... Leukemias and lymphomas ... two main types: Hodgkin ... non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
identical to the non-Hodgkin ... lymphoma SLL ... microglobulin Treatment ... Transform to DLBCL, PML ... leukemia, Hodgkin
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Diagnosis Algorithm Hodgkin ... Depletion Non-Hodgkin ... Responsive to Treatment ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... relapse - Amy