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Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
Diagnosis Algorithm ... /uL Initial Workup ... reticulocyte count, LFTs ... iron studies, PT ... #hematology #workup
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... selected cases: INR/PT ... gastric bypass), LFT ... (liver disease) ... #Workup #hematology
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... • Reduced liver ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... hematology #coagulation
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... the spleen or liver ... #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential # ... hematology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Early liver disease ... Reduced liver synthesis ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... hematology #coagulation
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity is the diagnostic ... be performed PT ... tissue damage from ischemia ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Lives in an old ... house & works as ... Diagnosis? ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash #dermatology ... #clinical #photo
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fever is the main clinical ... thrombocytopenia • Liver ... Hypofibrinogenemia • ↑ PT ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... profile, including liver ... function tests (LFTs ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... #diagnosis #testing
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... red bone marrow, e.g ... common - GI tract, liver ... Diagnosis? ... #Workup #Hematology