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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
PT, aPTT(liver disease ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... country), thyroid function ... changes), high MCV anemia ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
specific loss-of-function ... of CD34+ cells is ... • Improve the symptoms ... #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
excessive macrophage activation ... age, however the disease ... HLH signs and symptoms ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... • Treatment is ... • Treatment algorithms ... von Willebrand disease ... Summary #treatment #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... with leukopenia, anemia ... thrombocytopenia • Liver function ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... suspected HH based on symptoms ... causes of liver disease ... #diagnosis #management ... #hepatology #gastroenterology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• 75% of ALL is ... extramedullary disease ... - infiltrates (anemia ... thrombocytopenia, or functional ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Weight loss • Anemia ... ingestion • B symptoms ... number of sites of disease ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
current treatment algorithm ... symptoms and the ... tolerate anemia ... Functional defects ... #algorithm #hematology