Blood & Lymphoreticular System

Normal processes

Cell/tissue structure and function

Function of coagulation: coagulation cascade

Abnormal processes

Infectious and immunologic

Viral:

chikungunya fever 

Parasitic:

Malaria (Plasmodium species), babesiosis (Babesia species)

Primary infections of lymphoid tissue

cat scratch disease (Bartonella henselae)

Immunologic and inflammatory disorders

cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic uremic syndrome

Neoplasms

Guide to Hematological Malignancies

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (diffuse large B-cell), follicular lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelofibrosis,

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML)

Anemia, cytopenias, and polycythemia anemias

Guide to Anemias

Cytopenias

Aplastic anemia,

Decreased production

Anemia of chronic disease

Hemolysis

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency

Disorders of hemoglobin, heme, or membrane

Hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, methemoglobinemia, sickle cell disease, sideroblastic anemia, thalassemias (α-Thalassemia, β-thalassemia),

Other causes of anemia: 

Iron deficiency anemia (includes discussion on blood loss as a cause of anemia)

Cytopenias

immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP),

Cythemias

polycythemia vera,

Coagulation disorders (hypocoagulable and hypercoagulable conditions)

Hypocoagulable

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), hemophilia A, hemophilia B, von Willebrand disease, vitamin K deficiency

Hypercoagulable

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, antithrombin III deficiency, Factor V Leiden

Adverse effects of drugs on the hematologic and lymphoreticular systems

tumor lysis syndrome,