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Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Anemia Clinical ... Headaches • Pale skin ... Idiopathic • Infections ... result from low blood ... #Anemia #oncology
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
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Acute Purpura Fulminans ... Your blood cxs identify ... - BIDMC Infectious ... #Rash #clinical ... #photo
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
Acute Dacryocystitis ... dacryocystitis — infection ... Cultures of urine, blood ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #peds #acute
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
just beneath the skin ... petechiae) • Frequent infections ... Causes • Anemia • Aplastic ... • Parvovirus infection ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... weeks without infection ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... Pure red cell aplasia ... ’s lymphoma or acute
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
, SLE, trauma, aplastic ... steroid use Dx: skin ... hyphae invading blood ... #dermatology #skin ... #clinical #photo
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Major blood ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... level • A low or normal ... have positive blood
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
The acute phase ... or skin specimens ... Indiana University Infectious ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear #