Leukocytosis

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited multisystemic disease of unknown etiology that typically causes fever and acute inflammation in young children. It is also referred to as "mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome," because of its involvement of the mucous membranes, skin, and lymph nodes. It has 3 stages that lasts about 12 days which are comprised of the acute, subacute, and convalescent phases. This syndrome may result in the complication of damage to the coronary arteries, due to inflammatory…

Blood work is done and shows leukocytosis and anemia, both indications of Burkitt lymphoma. An ultrasound guided biopsy of lymph nodes of the neck and spine is completed and sent to the lab. In addition, a CT chest for pulmonary embolus is performed showing splenomegaly and axillary/mediastinal…

What is cancer? Cancer is when humans cells start to grow rapidly and out of control. Leukemia is a type of cancer that’s starts to form early in blood-forming cells that are found in bone marrow, which are the soft inner part of certain bones. Childhood Leukemia is a very common disease found in children and adolescents. Toward the end of the `70s the break happened; the disclosure of new medications from the class of cytostatic and a reasonable concentrate on chemotherapy, as the main strategy…

According to Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher, and Camera (2014), pyelonephritis is defined as inflammation of the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and renal pelvis. Pyelonephritis can be categorized as acute or chronic. Acute pyelonephritis, the more common type, usually results from colonization and infection of the lower urinary tract that if left untreated can ascend through the urethral route and infect the kidneys (Lewis et al., 2014). Chronic pyelonephritis occurs when the kidneys…

During the first phase, weight loss and weakness are the non-specific symptoms shown. Leukocytosis with immature granulocyte cell types in the peripheral blood is often found in lab samples and splenomegaly is commonly found at the time of diagnosis. Hepatolmegaly and lymphadenopathy can also be present, but are less common. Anemia and thrombocytopeinia…