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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
: • Primary amyloid ... • Heavy-chain (AH ... Bone/Joint: • Amyloid ... (AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY ... Protein • AL Amyloid
Amyloidosis - Workup and Diagnostic Algorithm
 • Serum Immunofixation and Serum Free Light Chains
 • Biopsy
Amyloidosis - Workup ... tests after AL amyloidosis ... Confirm type of amyloid ... TnT, proBNP #Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis ... Noncardiac signs of amyloidosis ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... chain levels 3) Amyloid
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH ... Alcoholic #Hepatitis #AH ... #hepatology #criteria
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
, Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis ... myeloma, secondary amyloid
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
survival in severe AH ... Algorithm #treatment #hepatology
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... cardionerds #Amyloidosis
Subtypes of Serum Proteins

Pre-albumin (Transthyretin)
Albumin
Globulins
 • Alpha-1: Alpha-1 antitrypsin, Serum amyloid A, Ceruloplasmin, Corticosteroid-binding globulin (Transcortin),
antitrypsin, Serum amyloid ... classification #Types #hematology
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
case of acute myeloid ... AML #Clinical #Hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Algorithm Acute • Myloid ... CD3 Chronic • Myloid ... Blood #Disorders #hematology