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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Myelofibrosis Infectious ... effect following treatment ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
for secondary causes ... drug reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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less than 200 cells ... Antimicrobial treatment ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease caused ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... Pseudotumor - Infectious ... History of Bleeding, Infection ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Causes of Neutrophilia ... Diagnosis Algorithm Infection ... pancytopenia, blast cells ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
= funny-shaped cells ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... only curative treatment ... #hematology #oncology
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... fungal ringworm infection ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... Griseofulvin #Kerion #Dermatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
procedures - Infection ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... patients if the cause ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Activation of CD8 T cells ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: • ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
similarly to mast cells ... Diabetes/DKA Infections ... : • helminth infections ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... #hematology #basophils