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Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
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• Neoplastic (Leukemia ... , Lymphoma, Metastatic ... Causes #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Neoplastic: - Leukemia ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... • Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Causes #Hematology #Oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
and secondary lymphoid ... Small lymphocytic lymphoma ... Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma ... of large cell lymphoma ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
the non-Hodgkin lymphoma ... , Hodgkin’s lymphoma ... Marginal zone lymphoma ... • Mantle cell lymphoma ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Differential Diagnosis for Generalized Lymphadenopathy

Viral
• HIV 
• EBV 
• CMV 
• HBV 
• Dengue 
• Rubella
Malignancy • Lymphoma ... • Leukemia • ... Causes #Algorithm #Oncology
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
- Adult T-cell Leukemia ... NHL, Hodgkin's lymphoma ... , Burkitt's lymphoma ... Associations #Cancers #oncology
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 ... Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... • Malignant lymphoma ... involved) • No leukemic ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology
Retroviral Infections: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Note: A retrovirus is an RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to
HIV (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma ... (Adult T-cell lymphoma ... /leukemia) #Retroviral ... pathophysiology #immunology #oncology
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
An acute, life-threatening condition that appears within 7 days of starting cytotoxic therapies in
like Burkitt's lymphoma ... in high grade lymphoma ... & Acute leukemia ... Syndrome #TLS #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ... • Most common leukemia ... to large cell lymphoma ... #Lymphocytic #Leukemia ... #oncology #hematology