diseases/pathology

Cards (8)

  • leukemia
    increase in cancerous white blood cells
  • acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)

    immature granulocytes (myeloblasts) predominate
    • platelets and erythrocytes are diminished bc of infiltration and replacement of bone marrow by large number of myeloblasts
  • acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

    immature lymphocytes predominate
    • mostly in young kids and onset
  • chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)

    both mature and immature granulocytes are present in large numbers of the marrow and blood
    • usually in geriatric patients
  • chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

    abnormal numbers of relatively mature lymphocytes predominate in the marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen
    • MOST COMMON and occurs in older patients
  • granulocytosis
    abnormal increase in granulocytes in the blood
  • mononucleosis
    infectious disease marked by increased numbers of mononuclear leukocytes and enlarged cervical lymph nodes
  • multiple myeloma
    malignant neoplasm of bone marrow
    • malignant cells destroy bone tissue and cause overproduction of immunoglobulins