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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
: • Most common ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... #CLL #Chronic ... #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... extramedullary disease ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Agranulocytosis • Hypogammaglobulinemia ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) ... immunophenotype Clinical ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #hematology #hemeonc ... #diagnosis #management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... to 8 years Clinical ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes ... #immunology #hematology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... anemia • Other ... Comment on type ... #diagnosis #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Most common cytopenia ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Cell Leukemia ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... #diagnosis #hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Better call hematology ... normal/high - Chronic ... , think about common ... #workup #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... number of sites of disease ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management