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Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... DIC, TTP, HUS - Antibody-mediated ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Framework #hematology
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... ) - Differential ... Hypothyroidism • Myelodysplasia ... Classification #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... vera (PV) • Myelodysplastic ... myeloid leukemia (CML ... Thrombocytosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
) Low MCV - <80fL ... anemia" High MCV ... Hypothyroidism, Myelodysplastic ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... changes), high MCV ... or if a primary hematologic ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
platelet count (thrombocytopenia ... Myelogenous Leukemia (CML ... IDUS) • Immune Thrombocytopenia ... blood count with differential ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... Disorders - Myelodysplastic ... CD23, o CML ... Blood #Disorders #hematology ... #Markers #Differential
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Liver diseases, Myelodysplastic ... Thrombotic idiopathic thrombocytopenia ... key #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... ) - Differential ... Dysplastic • Myelodysplastic ... #elevatedMCV #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Qualitative Defects:
 • Adhesion
 • Aggregation
 • Secretion

Quantitative Defects:
 • Production:
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Environment-mediated - Antibody-mediated ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #thrombocytopenia