Hematologic malignancies overview — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Chronic leukemia is usually insidious in onset and seen in _____ (age group)

Answer: older adults

Flashcard 2: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma may present with _____ due to skin infiltration

Answer: cutaneous lesions (rash)

Flashcard 3: In addition to drugs and infection, neutropenia also occurs with _____ anemia, SLE, and radiation

Answer: aplastic

Flashcard 4: In multiple myeloma, free light chain (Bence Jones protein) may deposit in kidney tubules, leading to risk for _____

Answer: renal failure (myeloma kidney)

Flashcard 5: What is the most common leukemia in adults? _____

Answer: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

Flashcard 6: _____ lymphoma typically presents in adults with confusion, memory loss, and seizures (variable presentation)

Answer: Primary CNS

Flashcard 7: priapism

Answer: spinal trauma, sickle cell disease, medications

Extra: painful, sustained erection not associated with sexual desire or stimulation

Flashcard 8: hemorrhagic stroke

Answer:

Extra: HTN, anticoagulation, neoplasia, recent ischemic stroke

Flashcard 9: hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)

Answer:

Extra: telangectasia, recurrent epistaxis, skin discolorations, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)AD