Haematology - Malig Flashcards
Acute lymphoblastic sy
Bleeding, arthralgia
Acute lymphoblastic prognosis
Best in children, worse in adults
Most common cancer of children
Acute lymphoblastic
Acute myloid sy
Malig, over 70
Most common cancer in adults
Chronic lymphocyte
Chronic lymphocyte sy
Smudge cells under microscope, malig
Hogkin lymphoma sy
Painless lymphadenopathy
B symptoms (weight loss >10% in month, fever, night sweats)
Reed-Sternberg cells
Non-Hogdkin lymphoma ax
Viruses (EBV, HSV)
B cells 90%, T cells 10%
Multiple myeloma sy
MSK pain, spinal cord compression, headache
Multiple myeloma ix
Bence janes protein in urine
Increased calcium serum
X-ray
Ann-Harbour staging
- Single node
- 2 or more nodes, 1 side diaphragm
- Both sides diaphram
- Extralymphatic sites
A - absence B symptoms
B - presence B symptoms