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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Symptoms: • Malaise, bleeding ... fever, joint pain, bleeding ... night sweats, bleeding ... Intracellular Urate ... #Hematology #Oncology
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
myeloma & Acute leukemia ... Infections: • Urease-producing ... retention Unmasked Urea ... - TPN, GI bleeding
Leukemic skin Infiltrate: Patient with known Acute Myelogenous Leukemia presented with diffuse
bullous lesions (not shown). These
Leukemic skin Infiltrate ... Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ... These areas subsequently ... infiltration of leukemic ... Images #Clinical #Photo
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Other areas: - ... malignancy), lymphoma, breast ... certain types of leukemia ... Panniculitis - Leukemia ... #dermatology #oncology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Findings: • Bleeding ... promyelocytic leukemia ... Findings: • Bleeding ... or venipuncture sites ... Treatment: • Treat
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Summary of Oncologic ... Simultaneous clotting and bleeding ... Usually myeloid leukemias ... , shortness of breath ... , shortness of breath
Muscosal Bleeding: This patient developed multiple areas of spontaneous mucosal bleeding 
in and around his mouth
Muscosal Bleeding ... developed multiple areas ... spontaneous mucosal bleeding ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... Oral #Mucosal #Bleeding
Ascites: Abdomen symetrically distended secondary to fluid buildup in peritoneal cavity. 
Note bulging flanks as fluid
Ascites: Abdomen ... most dependent areas ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Ascites #Jaundiced
Diabetic Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Mild Non-proliferative DR
 • Outpouchings of the weakened capillary walls or
Hemorrhages • Focal areas ... ischemia -> Venous beading ... Retinopathy #Diabetes #ophthalmology
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
has traveled to areas ... duration, and at least ... accumulation (ascites ... Severe bleeding: ... nervous system [CNS] bleeding