Diseases of the blood (hematology)

Mushroom Mycosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Mushroom mycosis is less common than Hodgkin's lymphoma and other types of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Mushroom mycosis has a latent origin, often manifesting as a chronic itchy rash, difficult to diagnose. Starting locally, it can spread, affecting most of the skin. Places of damage are similar to plaques, but can manifest as nodules or sores. Subsequently, systemic damage to the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, lungs develops, systemic clinical manifestations are added that include fever, night sweats, unexplained weight loss.

Burkitt's lymphoma: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Burkitt's lymphoma is B-cell lymphoma, found predominantly in women. There are forms of endemic (African), sporadic (non-African) and associated with immunodeficiency. Burkitt's lymphoma is endemic in central Africa and accounts for up to 30% of children's lymphomas in the United States. Endemic for Africa manifests itself in the form of lesions of facial bones, jaws.

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by monoclonal proliferation of malignant lymphoid cells in lymphoreticicular zones, including lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen, liver and GIT.

Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease)

Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease) is a localized or disseminated malignant proliferation of cells of the lymphoreticular system, affecting primarily the tissue of the lymph nodes, spleen, liver and bone marrow. Symptoms of the disease include painless lymphadenopathy, sometimes with fever, night sweats, progressive weight loss, pruritus, splenomegaly and hepatomegaly. The diagnosis is based on lymph node biopsy.

Lymphomas

Lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of neoplastic diseases, the source of which are the reticuloendothelial and lymphatic systems. The main types of lymphomas are Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

Myelodysplastic syndrome

Myelodysplastic syndrome includes a group of diseases characterized by cytopenia in the peripheral blood, dysplasia of hematopoietic progenitors, bone marrow hypercellularity and a high risk of AML development.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Chronic myeloleukemia (chronic granulocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia) develops when as a result of malignant transformation and clonal myeloproliferation of pluripotent stem cells, a significant hyperproduction of immature granulocytes begins. The disease is initially asymptomatic.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (chronic lymphocytic leukemia)

Being the most frequent type of leukemia in the West, chronic lymphocytic leukemia is manifested by mature abnormal neoplastic lymphocytes with an abnormally long lifespan. In the bone marrow, spleen and lymph nodes there is leukemia infiltration. Symptoms of the disease may be absent or include lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly and nonspecific symptoms due to anemia (fatigue, malaise).

Acute myeloid leukemia (acute myeloblastic leukemia)

In acute myelogenous leukemia, malignant transformation and uncontrolled proliferation of anomalously differentiated, long-lived precursor cells of the myeloid series causes the appearance of blast cells in circulating blood, replacement of normal bone marrow with malignant cells.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (acute lymphocytic leukemia)

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (the first lymphatic leukemia), which is the most frequent oncological disease in children, also affects adults of all ages. Malignant transformation and uncontrolled proliferation of anomalously differentiated, long-lived hematopoietic progenitor cells leads to the appearance of circulating power cells, replacement of normal bone marrow with malignant cells and potential leukemia infiltration of the central nervous system and abdominal organs.

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