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Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Autoimmune Diseases: • Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... • Epstein-Barr virus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Manifestations of Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #rheumatology #
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
central nervous system ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Acute disseminated ... • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... severe disease Treatment ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Secondary GNs: Due to systemic ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
lupus erythematosus ... lupus erythematosus ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Reactive: - Systemic ... Inflammatory • Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Fatigue • Acute ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
• Epstein-Barr Virus ... Destruction • Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Hypocomplementemia - CHAMPS Mnemonic
C - Cryoglobulinemia (85%), C3 glomerulopathy, cirrhosis
H - Heavy Chain deposition
antiphospholipid syndrome ... glomerulonephritis (>90%) S - Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... #differential #hematology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Classification: • Acute ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... lupus erythematosus ... #Lupus #Erythematosus