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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... smear: Smudge cells ... aplasia • ITP ... #Chronic #Lymphocytic
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... : • Peripheral ... smear → small rnature-appearing ... immunophenotype Clinical ... #Chronic #Lymphocytic
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
blood smear or ... smear: Blasts ... (Chronic Lymphocytic ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory diagnosis ... #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy
Pity this Giant Pronormoblast from an elderly pt w pure red cell aplasia. In the proper
pt w pure red cell ... aplasia. ... #Parvovirus #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy ... #Hematology #Clinical
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Smear: • Dysplastic ... Causes • Anemia • Aplastic ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... blood smear • ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Lymphocyte Proliferation ... chains as part of plasma-cell ... polarized light microscopy
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
hands and facei peripheral ... biopsy demonstrates lymphocytes ... , plasma cells, ... frequent in men Chronic ... comparison #table #dermatology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... D-Dimer: ↑ • Peripheral ... smear: Schistocytes ... , helmet cells ... #Coagulation #diagnosis
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Plasma cell neoplasms ... plasmacytoma) Clinical ... ridging around the periphery ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... #Workup #Hematology