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Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
 •
Inflammatory disorders of Liver ... & Lung • Malignancies ... Rheumatoid #Factor #RF #rheumatology ... #laboratory #differential
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Liver Mass - Differential ... • Polycystic Liver ... Lung, Colon, Breast ... ) #Liver #Mass ... #Hepatology #Differential
Approach to Hypoproliferative Macrocytic Anemia

 • 812, Folate Deficiency
 • MDS+
 • Hypothyroid
 • Liver Disease
Hypothyroid • Liver ... Macrocytic #Anemia #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #hematology
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Liver Mass - Differential ... cyst, Polycystic Liver ... secondary - Breast, Lung ... #Mass #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... deficiency • Liver ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
syndromes Clinical ... is the main clinical ... rash) • Heart, lung ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Neutrophils - Differential ... Lung, Bladder, Colon ... #Neutrophils #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
• Age (almost never ... before age 50) Clinical ... Arteritis #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Renal Disease, Liver ... Reticulocytosis • Liver ... Classification #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
(HPS) HPS-differential ... Diseases of the lung ... Patients with liver ... Syndrome #HPS #hepatology