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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... mass • Rapidly rising ... pain, bleeding, infections ... bruising, bleeding, infection ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection ... history of recurrent infections ... disease • Infectious ... community-acquired infections ... infections (Epstein-Barr
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... : • Most common ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... weeks without infection ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... which are released during ... Disorders: • Chronic ... Diabetes/DKA Infections ... : • helminth infections
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
synchronous or appearing during ... Infectious manifestations ... myelodysplastic #syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology #clinical
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Overview: • Most common ... immunophenotype Clinical ... Complications: 1) Infection ... #Leukemia #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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e.g., HIV), EBV infection ... Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... Etiology: - Infections ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
- Due to Viral infection ... Polyclonal - Viral Infection ... symptoms - most common ... Check For: • Infections ... Polyclonal IgM post infectious
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... Cerumen impaction Infectious ... Caused by bacterial infections ... (90%), Fungal infections ... • Tumor • Infection
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
heaped up borders); differential ... : basal cell ca, ... squamous cell ca ... Indiana University Infectious ... #clinical #photo