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Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
Diagnostic Criteria ... Crisis 1. ... hematuria on urine ... cells on urine ... #Crisis #Diagnosis
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... , proteinuria, hematuria ... reveals increasing blood ... or gross hematuria ... proteinuria • Path
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
urine called "De Urinis ... Microscopic exam ... • Red blood cells ... used with normal renal ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mononeuritis multiplex • Hematuria ... pulmonary and renal ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... (PR3-ANCA)): Microscopic
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
R flank pain, hematuria ... , H/A. diagnosis ... post exchange: blood ... 10%RBC, +maltese cross ... , renal insufficiency