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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
protein C and S Pathophysiology ... organ damage Clinical ... + Bleeding Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #treatment ... #management #hematology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup ... comparison #table #rheumatology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
of progressive posterior ... the hypoglossal canal ... imaging after treatment ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... Scoring system: DDX ... microglobulin Treatment ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • Clinical ... non-heparin A/C if clinical ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... antibody that works ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... #neurology
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... nonspecific • DX ... fungal stain of clinical ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... Bone marrow Treatment ... higher risk 20% DDX ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology