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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
rapid onset of symptoms ... chronic onset of symptoms ... Leukemia): • Lymphocytes ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... #Leukemia #diagnosis ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... Classification #pathophysiology ... #Hematology #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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involved) • No leukemic ... Differential Diagnosis ... Malignancies (eg CML ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
CNS symptoms (headache ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
ingestion • B symptoms ... classical HL (MCHL ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... Hodgkins #lymphoma #diagnosis ... #oncology #management
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... (CML) • Felty ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... transplantation • MCC ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... count (mainly lymphocytes ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology