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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... effect following treatment ... following EtOH induced thrombocytopenia ... #Causes #Hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
basophilia, and thrombocytosis ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... infiltrates (anemia, thrombocytopenia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

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

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... Mild anemia • Thrombocytopenia ... • New onset SLE ... antibody test) Treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
incompetent • CLL is ... non-Hodgkin lymphoma SLL ... Neutropenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
standing for: - Thrombocytopenia ... is considered a ... presents with thrombocytosis ... erythematosus (SLE ... Hypoalbuminemia Treatment