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Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary ... #Erythrocytosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Pathologic Red Blood ... and Associated Diseases ... Atlas #Microscopy #Pathology ... #Hematology #Diagnosis ... Basis of Disease
Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Elevated Hemoglobin:
 • Males: Hb > 16.5 g/dL/HCT ≥ 49%
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Erythrocytosis - ... Hypoxia-driven: Cardiac/pulmonary ... disease, Smoking ... MatthewHoMD #Erythrocytosis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Sickle cell anemia and Howell Jolly bodies (nuclear remnants).

 - Dr. Abubaker Elshaikh
@ElshaikhMD

#SickleCell #HowellJolly #Body #Bodies
#Body #Bodies #Pathology ... #Hematology #Smear ... #Clinical #Microscopy
P. falciparum ring forms on a thin smear

 - Dr. Christina Dean
@deanchr3

#Plasmodium #falciparum #Rings #Smear #Hematology
#Rings #Smear #Hematology ... #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Pathology #malaria
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver disease ... Syndrome #HPS #hepatology ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
Aggressive disease ... rouleaux #formation #Clinical ... #Smear #Hematology ... #Pathology
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
neutrophils #AML #Clinical ... #Hematology #Pathology
Leukoerythroblastosis and myelophthisic anemia can be associated with any marrow-replacing process. In this case, the likely
Leukoerythroblastosis #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Rouleaux formation is common in IgM gammopathy and may be particularly striking

Genevieve Crane, MD, PhD@evemariecrane

#Rouleaux #formation
gammopathy #MGUS #Clinical ... #Pathology #Hematology