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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
APML, CLL Acute ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Phosphorus CLL ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia (CNL)

 • Signaling Pathway
 • WHO Dx Critera
 • Risk Stratification
 • Treatment
Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia ... Dx Critera • Risk ... Stratification • Treatment ... Algorithm Zhuoer ... #diagnosis #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
microglobulin Treatment ... • GI complications ... leukemia #CLL ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
old, ~10,000 new cases ... • Risks: infection ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Allogeneic stem cell ... #hematology #oncology
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
for Standard-Risk ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Consolidation & CNS ... Cytarabine #ALL ... #oncology #pediatrics
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
(CLL) - Summary ... thrombocytopenia Complications ... chemotherapy for low-risk ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... #oncology #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Consider stem cell ... neutropenic fever) Complications ... to MDS or acute leukemia ... • Associated PNH ... #hematology
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
Treatment algorithm ... patients at high risk ... VTE and bleeding complications ... Anticoagulation #Management #Hematology ... #Oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
carries a variable risk ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... and reducing the risk ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
general feeling of ill ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #oncology