Acute leukemia

DDx

Acute myelogenous leukemia

• Chronic myelogenous leukemia
• Myelodysplastic syndrome ("preleukemia")
• Left-shifted bone marrow recovering from toxic insult
• Other lymphoproliferative disorders (polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis)

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Lymphoma
• Hairy cell leukemia
• Atypical lymphocytosis of mononucleosis or pertussis

See related DDx

• Pancytopenia
• Bleeding, general approach
• Generalized lymphadenopathy
• Gingival bleeding
• Epistaxis
• Splenomegaly
• Fever
• Fatigue and fever