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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
APML, CLL Acute ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... Phosphorus CLL ... lymphoid organs When Cancer ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
- Summary Cancer ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... leukemia #CLL ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
= funny-shaped cells ... transformation to acute ... leukemia Management ... Allogeneic stem cell ... #hematology #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
(CLL) - Summary ... lymphocytes, smudge cells ... Transformation to large cell ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... #oncology #hematology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... , 1° PSC, Cystic ... Disease, Sickle Cell ... Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Cancer ... #algorithm #hepatology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
common - T Cell ... ~10% - B-Cell ... Responsive to Treatment ... Treated Like Acute ... Leukemias, very
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... Consider stem cell ... progress to MDS or acute ... leukemia • Associated ... #hematology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Release from blast cells ... • Induce blast cell ... fluid overload, PCC ... #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... general feeling of ill ... - Cancers of the ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #dermatology #oncology