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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
ALL Symptoms: ... -> AML: Blast crises ... ) CLL Symptoms: ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Systemic Lupus ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... Diagnosis: • ... leukemia #CLL ... #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Lymphoma • Leukemia ... Inflammatory • Systemic Lupus ... Disease • Sickle Cell ... #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
(CLL) - Summary ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... chlorambucil) 2) Purine ... #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... involved) • No leukemic ... Differential Diagnosis ... #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
old, ~10,000 new cases ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Allogeneic stem cell ... Management #treatment #hematology ... #oncology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
lupus cases, drug-dependent ... Constitutional symptoms ... #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Causes: - Idiopathic ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... ’s syndrome - Lupus ... Diagnosis: ... #dermatology #oncology