Myeloproliferative disorders



Myeloproliferative disorders



RETICULOENDOTHELIAL DISORDERS


LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS


DEFINITION






RADIOLOGICAL FEATURES





Eosinophilic granuloma





GAUCHER’S DISEASE


DEFINITION













WHITE CELL DISORDERS


LEUKAEMIA


DEFINITION




• Cancer of the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow (usually affecting leucocytes)



image Acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL): this affects adults and children although it is more common in children (65% of paediatric acute leukemias)


image Acute myeloblastic leukaemia (AML): the most common adult acute leukemia


image Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL): an adult disorder (predominantly affecting the elderly) image twice as common as CML image characterized by enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes and rarely skeletal involvement (except as a terminal event)

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Feb 27, 2016 | Posted by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY | Comments Off on Myeloproliferative disorders

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