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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
• Neutropenia, anemia ... thrombocytopenia • AIHA ... Hypogammaglobulinemia • Warm AIHA ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CLL Acute leukemias ... - infiltrates (anemia ... ) CLL Symptoms: ... /Cytopenias • AIHA ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Hemolysis - Diagnostic Algorithm and Causes

Increased red cell production: 
 • Increased Reticulocytosis/polychromasia 
 • Erythroid
Increased red cell ... Increased red cell ... #Algorithm #Differential ... #Causes #Workup ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathies
C - HyperCalcemia- calcium > 11 mg/dL / >1 mg/dL the ULN
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40 ml/min A - Anemia ... marrow plasma cell ... Causes of false- ... , B and T cell lymphoproliferative ... #oncology
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential ... • Sickle cell ... immune-complex hemolytic anemia ... #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL ... Transformation to large cell ... fludarabine) 3) Monoclonal ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Extravascular Causes ... ) (e.g. lupus, CLL ... Hemoglobinopathies (e.g. sickle cell ... #differential # ... #anemia
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
women • 15% of AIHA ... lymphoid malignancy (CLL ... malignancies - B-cell ... malignancies -> CLL ... significance (MGUS), CLL
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Lymphoma (HCV) • CLL ... Organomegaly+↑RBC/plt ... (-) hemolytic anemia ... #Monoclonal #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Oncology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) - Summary Framework

Hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of either
No evidence of anemia ... insufficiency, Anemia ... to the plasma cell ... #Significance #hematology ... #diagnosis #oncology