Leukaemia, Acute

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Test:

WCC (VH, occasionally L, immature cells Com-mon), marrow biopsy (AB), HI) (L), platelets (L)

Sign:

Cachexia, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, large kidney, retinal haemorrhages, Rinne's test

Dd:

Aplastic anaemia, infectious mononucleosis. Hodgkin's disease, lymphosarcoma, metastatic carcinoma, osteosarcoma

Phys:

Excessive proliferation of white blood cells. Lymphatic and myeloblastic forms