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Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Management • ... #Management #treatment
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Plasmapheresis - Leukemia ... Hydroxyurea - Leukemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Treatment #Management
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
syndrome (SCD, leukemia ... #Priapism #Diagnosis ... #Management #Urology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... to MDS or acute leukemia ... Aplastic #Anemia #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ... • Most common leukemia ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... hematology #hemeonc #diagnosis ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... Behcet #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #signs
Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma) 
Clinical 
 • Hearing loss and tinnitus (Cochlear nerve) 
 • Ataxia
Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma ... Facial nerve) Management ... Schwannoma #Acoustic #Neuroma ... #Diagnosis #Otolaryngology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... causes #treatment #management
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
consider other diagnosis ... e.g. leukemia ... Cobalamin #Deficiency #diagnosis ... #management #nutrition
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
virus (EBV) • Leukemia ... oncology #hematology #diagnosis ... #management