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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... -> AML: Blast crises ... violaceous, nontender cutaneous ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Clinical features ... : GI, neuro, cutaneous ... Lymphomas • Other hematologic ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #differential #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... immunophenotype Clinical ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
All oysters at Chesapeake ... 🦪 🦀 sepsis: chronic ... liver disease, ... rash #cellulitis #dermatology ... #legs #clinical
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
: infections (cutaneous ... early localized disease ... called "Bazin's disease ... acute Parvovirus B19 ... differential #diagnosis #dermatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Epidemiology: -10% of all ... to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Rare (SSA+ for cutaneous ... • Evolution: Chronic ... disease Dr.
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
CLM most commonly ... No treatment is ... one-time dose of 12 ... migrans #skinRash #dermatology ... #clinical #photo
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Incubation period: 3-12 ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... to 8 years Clinical ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology