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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... disorders • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Causes of Arterial ... Diagnosis Framework ... artery aneurysm: Causes ... #Diagnosis #clots ... #hematology
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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cytokines Common causes ... Rare causes: ... CD3-CD4+ T cells ... hypereosinophilia #HE #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Exposure ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... #Differential #
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... Dilatation - Differential ... cyst, Caroli's disease ... diagnosis #hepatology ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Spleen #Enlarged #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infection ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... #Origin #FUO #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... disease • Myasthenia ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes #neurology