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Hematologic malignancies
Are forms of cancer that begin in the cells of blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, or in the cells of the immune system.
Symptoms:
- Weakness
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Easy bruising and bleeding
- Frequent infections
- Enlarged lymph nodes
- Distended or painful abdomen (due to enlarged abdominal organs)
- Bone or joint pain
- Fractures
- Unplanned weight loss
- Poor appetite
- Night sweats
- Persistent mild fever
- Decreased urination (due to impaired kidney function)
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Spleen ultrasound
- Lymph nodes ultrasound
- Histological examination of lymph nodes and bone marrow biopsy fragments
- Chest X-ray