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Title

Leukemia

Description

Short phrase associations with leukemias

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Subject

Medical

Level

Graduate

Created

12/13/2009

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Term

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Definition

Maturation Arrest

Etiology: Down Syndrome, prior hematologic disorders

Sx: Auer Rods

Tx: chemo, Allogenic SCT

Term

Acute Monocytic Leukemia

Definition

Subtype of AML that tends to involve the skin and CNS

Term

Acute Megaloblastic Leukemia

Definition

Subtype of AML that tends to present with a mediastinal germ cell tumor

Term

Acute Promyeloid Leukemia

Definition

Subtype of AML

Epidemiology: Hispanics

Etiology: no prior MDS

Tx: ATRA