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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... , bleeding, infections ... bruising, bleeding, infection ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Calcium oxalate Infectious ... infections related ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... diagnosis #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... Pseudogout) • Infectious ... Infection • ... joints Viral Infections ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... about bacterial infections ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... diagnosis #arthritis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
e.g., HIV), EBV infection ... : Pain in involved ... Etiology: - Infections ... Diagnosis of B-Symptoms ... hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... procedures - Infection ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #hematology
Approach to Elevated Tryptase - Differential Diagnosis Framework

The DDx of elevated tryptase can be broken down
Approach to Elevated ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Parasitic infections ... : • Mast cell ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... Infections 2. ... , abdominal pain ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Causes of Fever in the Immunocompromised Host - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Structural Defect - Asplenia/HypospIenism
 • Bacteremia/Septic
jirovecii • CNS Infection ... • Perirectal Infection ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Diarrhea • Giardia Infection ... #Causes #Hematology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
, Arthritis, myalgia ... • Evolution: Chronic ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management