Diagnosaurus
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
Last updated: January 13, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Acute Leukemia." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114665/all/Acute_leukemia.
Zeiger RFR. Acute leukemia. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114665/all/Acute_leukemia. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Acute leukemia. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114665/all/Acute_leukemia
Zeiger RFR. Acute Leukemia [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114665/all/Acute_leukemia.
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