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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #hematology
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal ... Neuritis-Labyrinthitis BENIGN PAROXYSMAL ... ) • Epley maneuver ... saccade seen) • Epley ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... erythematosus • HLH • Paroxysmal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Hematology
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
, C3d ( +/- ) Paroxysmal ... Autoimmune #Hemolysis #hematology ... #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... incompatibility • Paroxysmal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... classification #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... Transfusion reaction, Paroxysmal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #anemia
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Undifferentiated UCSD ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
hemolytic anemia, Paroxysmal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #microscopy
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... Differential Diagnosis ... macroglobulinemia Paroxysmal ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
marrow-failure syndromes • Paroxysmal ... Anemia #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management