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Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Lung, Bladder, Colon ... pancytopenia, blast cells ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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typically of B-cell ... the spleen or liver ... Extranodal disease: GI, neuro ... Lymphomas • Other hematologic ... #differential #hematology
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Lives in an old ... house & works as ... differential: basal cell ... ca, squamous cell ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash #dermatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
affected systems: neuro ... Better call hematology ... you’ll do a good workup ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma ... • Plasma cell neoplasms ... common - GI tract, liver ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
•
Albumin > 4) Work-up ... myeloma • Plasma cell ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... differential #diagnosis #hematology