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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
of anemia or thrombocytopenia ... Complications: ... 1) Infection due ... marrow failure with anemia ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms of Hemolytic Anemia

#Pathophysiology #Hemolytic #Anemia #hematology #diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Pathophysiology, ... Signs and Symptoms ... of Hemolytic Anemia ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... weeks without infection ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... kinase (BTK) Complications ... workup #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... pain, bleeding, infections ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Script Signs and symptoms ... : • Recurrent infections ... neutropenic fever) Complications ... management #treatment #hematology
Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Complications of ... Opportunistic infections ... #Measles #Complications ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
noninfectious complications ... disease • Infectious ... Granulomatous lymphocytic ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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of nonspecific symptoms ... 10 to 60% - No symptoms ... • Leukocyte-lymphocyte ... enzymes ↑ • Mild anemia ... Photophobia • Lymphocytic
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
- Due to Viral infection ... of anemia include ... • hemolytic anemia ... disease #hemolytic #anemia ... #hematology #diagnosis
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Sydenham's Chorea Lymphocytes ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications