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Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... glomerulonephritis • Post-Infectious
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
process whereby red cells ... agglutinin disease and Infection ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... #Path #Blood #Smear ... #Microscopy #RBC
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
process whereby red cells ... agglutinin disease and Infection ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... #Path #Blood #Smear ... #Microscopy #RBC
Causes of Dysuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pyuria - Leukocytes on Dipstick/Microscopy
 - Bacteriuria & Hematuria -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Leukocytes on Dipstick/Microscopy ... Bacteriuria & Hematuria ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral blood smear ... History • Bite cells ... Fevers, DAT (-) → Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
exclusively on urine called ... Microscopic exam ... and parasites (infections ... • Red blood cells ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
petechiae) • Frequent infections ... Peripheral Smear ... • Parvovirus infection ... abnormal under a microscope ... Peripheral blood smear
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... reddish-purple lesions called ... - Trauma - Infection ... Disseminated gonococcal infection ... Sjogren's, GPA, EGPA, Microscopic
Grouped Pustules on an Erythematous Base - On physical examination, grouped, coalescing pustules that had scalloped
stain (Tzanck smear ... Microscopic examination ... multinucleated giant cells ... human herpesvirus infection ... #Microscopy #NEJM
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
R flank pain, hematuria ... maltese cross +burr cells ... and spur cells, ... anemia, jaundice, hematuria ... Indiana University Infectious