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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... - Causes and Treatment ... Plasmapheresis - Leukemia ... Hydroxyurea - Leukemia ... hyperleukocytosis (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 ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytic leukemia ... hospitalization and treatment ... acute myeloid leukemia ... (AML) t(8;21), ... mixed lineage leukemia
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Tumor Lysis Syndrome
An acute, life-threatening condition that appears within 7 days of starting cytotoxic therapies in
Tumor Lysis Syndrome ... spontaneously (before any treatments ... lymphoma & Acute leukemia ... malignancies Treatments ... #Tumor #Lysis #Syndrome
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... Transform to DLBCL, PML ... • Sezary syndrome
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
hypereosinophilic syndrome ... • Eosinophilic Leukemia ... Hyper-lgE (Job) syndrome ... ), Heme malig (AML ... , CML, T-cell leuk
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
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... transformation to acute leukemia ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
transformation to AML ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Cell Leukemia ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... progression to AML