Disorders of Leukocytes
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- Leukopenia - abnormally low WBC count
- HIV infection, glucocorticoids, chemotherapy
- Leukemia - cancerous condition of "line" of WBCs
- myelocytic leukemia (myelocytes)
- lymphocytic leukemia (lymphocytes)
- acute leukemia - cancer spreads rapidly
- chronic leukemia - cancer progresses slowly
- anemia, fever, weight loss, bone pain
- death from internal hemorrhage or infection
- chemotherapy & radiation therapy used to treat
- infectious mononucleosis - caused by Epstein-Barr virus, excessive monocytes and lymphocytes; fatigue, sore throat, fever; 3 week course
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