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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Non malignant hematologic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
 •
Causes of Diffuse ... • Neoplastic (Leukemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... Chronic leukemia ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... Neoplastic: - Leukemia ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Causes of Neutrophilia ... Chronic myelogenous leukemia ... Polycythemia vera Acute Leukemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
large, immature myeloblasts ... acute myelogenous leukemia
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia ... features in most cases ... promyelocytic #leukemia ... APML #Pathology #Hematology
Evaluation of Leukocytosis:
The term 'leukocyte' applies to any cells within the myeloblast, monoblast, & lymphoid lineages.
Include
cells within the myeloblast ... Leukemoid reaction ... Leukemoid Reaction ... D/D leukemia: increases ... the underlying cause
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #Platelets #hematology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Chronic myeloid leukemia ... Acute myeloid leukemia ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #hematology #basophils