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Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
in Autoimmune Hemolysis ... • DAT Poly ( ... Cold agglutinin disease ... #Autoimmune #Hemolysis ... #hematology #diagnosis
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
/ Breakthrough DVT ... - Behcet's disease ... - May-Thurner syndrome ... Breakthrough #Recurrent #DVT ... anticoagulation #hematology
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Liver Injury - Ichemic ... Hepatitis - Autoimmune ... hepatitis - Wilson disease ... #Differential #Hepatology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... Mixed-type AIHA (7-8%) DAT-negative ... MatthewHoMD #Autoimmune ... Diagnosis #Table #hematology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... that will cause ischemia ... cyclophosphamide • Ischemic ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

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

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Congenital Diseases ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Inflammatory and Autoimmune ... Diseases: • Systemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... thrombocythemia), Autoimmune ... disease • vWF ... #treatment #hematology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... • Autoimmune ... • Cholestatic disease ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... Vascular: Budd-chiari syndrome ... • Autoimmune ... See Updated Schema ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Autoimmune Mediated ... Autoimmune condition ... HLH syndrome 5. ... Metastatic Disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hematology