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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Cancer affecting ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... aplasia • ITP ... #workup #oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemia): • Lymphocytes ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Leukemia): • Lymphocytes ... lymphoid organs When Cancer ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) ... immunophenotype Clinical ... 5) Symptoms of anemia ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... #Leukemia #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
dys- (abnormal) -plastic ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... cytopenias (usually anemia ... transformation to acute leukemia ... #hematology #oncology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... • Aplastic anemia ... Anemia Clinical ... anemia Treatment ... #Anemia #oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... • AnemiaAplastic ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... 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 ... - Cancers of the ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #dermatology #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Weight loss • Anemia ... Immune hemolytic anemia ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology #oncology
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 ... Granulomatous lymphocytic ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic complaints- anemia ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... Start steroids if concern