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Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Diagnosis Platelet ... Reactive: • Anemia ... Myelofibrosis • Chronic Myeloid ... Leukemia - BWH ... #Platelets #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Diagnosis Secondary ... malignancies • Anemia ... MF) • Chronic myeloid ... leukemia (CML) ... #hematology #secondary
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
CML (Chronic Myeloid ... (myeloid)↑ • Mature ... AML (Acute Myeloid ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
anemia • Cold ... younger pts) Differential ... of undetermined significance ... (MGUS), CLL, Myeloma ... #hematology #diagnosis
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
myelodysplastic syndrome • Myeloid ... disease course • Significant ... myelodysplastic #syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology #clinical
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
- Summary Cancer ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) - Summary Framework

Hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of either
of Undetermined Significance ... cancer for which ... No evidence of anemia ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... , or all three myeloid ... blood count with differential ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
1% Clinically significant ... Tissue damage • Leukemia ... #differential # ... #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Weight loss • Anemia ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management