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Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... (Pancytopenia, WBC ... (CBC with Lymphocytes ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology ... #Oncology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Artifact (redo CBC ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Non malignant hematologic ... following EtOH induced thrombocytopenia ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
acute myeloid leukemia ... neutrophils #AML #Clinical ... #Hematology #Pathology
Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
Plasma cell leukemia ... #PlasmaCell #leukemia ... rouleaux #formation #Clinical ... #Smear #Hematology ... #Pathology
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia ... promyelocytic #leukemia ... #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical
hematopoiesis - leukocyte maturation tree

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#hematopoiesis #leukocytes #maturation #tree #pathophysiology #Hematology
Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... pathophysiology #Hematology ... Progenitor #Cells #WBC ... #pathology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
immunophenotype Clinical ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... Symptoms of anemia or thrombocytopenia ... with anemia or thrombocytopenia ... #oncology #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... , CLL Acute leukemias ... Chronic leukemia ... infiltrates (anemia, thrombocytopenia ... #Hematology #Oncology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... transfusion • Thrombocytopenia ... organ damage Clinical ... hydration • RBC ... treatment #management #hematology