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Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fibrin degradation products ... Increased CD163 staining ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
genes and gene products ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... number of sites of disease ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Crossmatch takes ... Causes purpura & ... Hypotension: People taking ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Milk • Food products ... NTM Cause Many ... fortuitum can produce ... Hematologic malignancy ... #infectiousdiseases
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... Hypotension: People taking ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Primary Dermatological Lesions
Primary lesions are physical changes in the skin considered to be caused directly by
considered to be caused ... directly by the disease ... specific to a single disease ... curvilinear lesions produced ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pyrophosphate produced ... states 1. ... culture used to diagnose ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Anti-NXP-2 Dermatomyositis

What?
DM with generalized subcutaneous edema
Pts have more myalgias, more severe weakness, and an increased prevalence
Muscle atrophy may cause ... had more severe disease ... diminished functional status ... Dermatomyositis #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... iron overload states ... dissemination occurs and produces ... Direct fungal stain ... #Management #Infections