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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... Physical Exam/Signs ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... aplasia • ITP ... #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
APML, CLL Acute ... Phosphorus CLL ... -> Invade Skin: ... (CLL) and/or Small ... #Hematology #Oncology
Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
Plasma cell leukemia ... primary plasma cell ... rouleaux #formation #Clinical ... #Smear #Hematology ... #Pathology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Illness Script Signs ... to MDS or acute leukemia ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
dys- (abnormal) -plastic ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Allogeneic stem cell ... #treatment #hematology ... #oncology
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
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
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Anemia Clinical ... Headaches • Pale skin ... #Anemia #oncology ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
(CLL) - Summary ... • Most common leukemia ... immunophenotype Clinical ... #oncology #hematology ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
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 ... Lymphomas • Other hematologic ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #differential #hematology