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Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
hepatic crisis: • Fever ... Supportive with treatment ... cholestasis: • Fever ... progressing to acute liver ... Liver transplant
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... thrombocytopenia • Liver ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Megaloblastic anemia, Liver ... - Thalassemia, Liver ... Renal diseases, Liver ... key #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... WBCs - Normal Liver ... Deficiency - Abnormal Liver ... Tests • Liver ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... if neutropenic fever ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Liver disease ... - Acute fatty liver ... Mediterranean fever ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology #SAAG
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least ... /splenomegaly, liver ... AOSD #diagnosis #rheumatology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... Drug-associated, PCH, Evans Syndrome ... Defects, Drugs, Liver ... #Hemolysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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• Rheumatic fever ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... Sarcoidosis #dermatology ... #skin #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology