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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... - infiltrates (anemia ... lymphoid organs When Cancer ... #Hematology #Oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Cancer affecting ... Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... #workup #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Leukemia (CLL) ... ) B symptoms → fevers ... 5) Symptoms of anemia ... #Leukemia #oncology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... malignancies • Anemia ... hemorrhage) • Chronic ... myeloid leukemia ... (CML) - Dr.
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
, Chronic disease ... RBC: Hemoglobin SS ... myeloma Rouleaux: Chronic ... RBC #Morphology #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
deficiencies: Chronic ... infiltration (e.g. cancer ... defects (e.g. sickle cell ... Production #Index #hematology ... #anemia #differential
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
general feeling of ill ... - Underlying cancer ... - Cancers of the ... Syndrome #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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- Pel-Ebstein fever ... involved) • No leukemic ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential ... Consider sickle cell ... diverse genotypes): SS ... bartonella (oroya fever
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Myelogenous Leukemia ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... blood count with differential ... #oncology