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Medical Terminology
Ch 13 Blood System
diseases/pathology
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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