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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... #hematology
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
Necrotizing myopathy is ... less systemic symptoms ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... after 2 years of treatment ... Myositis #diagnosis #rheumatology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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When present, symptoms ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... • Treatment is ... • Treatment algorithms ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathergy test (this is ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... • Arthritis: SLE ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #rheumatology #
Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Serotonin Syndrome
 - Serotonin syndrome is thought to be caused by
Algorithm for the ... is thought to be ... initiation of treatment ... (see below) and ... #Algorithm #Symptoms
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
failure • Fever is ... erythematosus [SLE ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... • New onset SLE ... antibody test) Treatment
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• 75% of ALL is ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
incompetent • CLL is ... non-Hodgkin lymphoma SLL ... with no early symptoms ... microglobulin Treatment ... workup #oncology #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Constitutional Syndromes ... of CD34+ cells is ... aplastic anemia Treatment ... • Improve the symptoms ... Anemia #oncology #hematology