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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
: ALL, CML, AML, ... APML, CLL Acute ... -> AML: Blast crises ... smear: Blasts APML ... #Diagnosis
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia ... I see all of these ... promyelocytic #leukemia ... #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
acute myeloid leukemia ... #neutrophils #AML ... #Clinical #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
T-prolymphocytic leukemia ... (AML). ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... Smear #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... Transform to DLBCL, PML ... adult T cell leukemia ... #diagnosis #workup
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... in APML Epidemiology ... Incidence: common in APL ... Infection (sepsis), PE ... #APML #diagnosis
Leukemic skin Infiltrate: Patient with known Acute Myelogenous Leukemia presented with diffuse
bullous lesions (not shown). These
cells. ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology ... #Infiltrate #AML
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Eosinophilic Leukemia ... ), Heme malig (AML ... , CML, T-cell leuk ... #Differential #Diagnosis
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 ... progression to AML ... #diagnosis #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... involved) • No leukemic ... Differential Diagnosis ... comparison #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology