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Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Primary ... (AML) • Chronic ... - Hemolytic Anemia ... Renal • Chronic
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Algorithm Spurious ... Myelogenous Leukemia ... effect following treatment ... Iron deficiency anemia ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
- Differential Diagnosis ... malignancies • Anemia ... myeloid leukemia ... #Causes #hematology ... #secondary
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Diagnosis: • Pancytopenia ... Treatment: • Consider ... if neutropenic fever ... to MDS or acute leukemia ... #treatment #hematology
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Liver Function Tests ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... • Lymphoma • Leukemia ... Pruritus #primary #secondary ... #generalized #dermatology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... Hypersplenism • Secondary ... RA, SLE, PRV, Chronic ... #Hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... - infiltrates (anemia ... bone marrow and secondary ... #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... ) B symptoms → fevers ... 5) Symptoms of anemia ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... adults in the west ... Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Liver Function Tests ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... • Lymphoma • Leukemia ... #Pruritus #secondary ... #generalized #dermatology