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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Physical Exam/Signs ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... Lymphocytosis on CBC ... • Peripheral smear ... #oncology #hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... organ damage Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... • Severe Liver Disease ... treatment #management #hematology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... Tissue damage • Leukemia ... • Autoimmune diseases ... #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... presentation) • Cutaneous ... IgM) • Blood smear ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
vasculitis) • Cutaneous ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... titers > 1:80 • CBC ... Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia ... #Rheumatology