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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
on bone marrow leading ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
Birthweight, gestational age ... tape measure and its ... When the diagnosis ... with pigmented skin ... defects of the skin
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
• Mean age at Dx ... 70-75 years of age ... just beneath the skin ... compounds, alcohol, lead ... #diagnosis #hematology
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)

AGEP is largely a clinical diagnosis based on classical skin findings in
a clinical diagnosis ... implicated agents or had ... Clinical Presentation ... to 7 days after its ... Exanthematous #Pustulosis #Dermatology
Uremic frost on the forehead.

Full blown uremic syndrome of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is seldom seen
Full blown uremic syndrome ... crystals on the skin ... diagnosis easy. ... Uremic #frost #head ... #Uremia #clinical
Helpful Clinical Features in Evaluating Bleeding Disorders
Age of onset
 • Neonate - in 20% of haemophilias,
Helpful Clinical ... Bleeding Disorders Age ... membrane bleeding and skin ... Marfan syndrome, ... #hematology #primarycare
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Diagnosis? ... immunosuppressed pts ... present as non healing ... Mucormycosis #Eschar #dermatology ... #skin #clinical
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
• Median age 50- ... plasmacytoma) Clinical ... ribs, vertebrae (thoracic ... to 90% in the head ... skeleton EMP - head
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
) • Anti-Mi2 (skin ... MYOSITIS: • M > F • Age ... Camptocormia (bending ... the spine) or head ... aspiration > 50% of pts