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Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
recessive blood disorder ... Crises can be precipitated ... of the baseline anaemia ... #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... - Hemolytic Anemia ... • Alcohol #gout ... #endocrinology ... #causes
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... onset of symptoms ... -> AML: Blast crises ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
are a group of disorders ... age 70 years Symptoms ... DDX: Rule Out ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... lymphoproliferative disorders ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Focal inflammatory disorder ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells