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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
parasitemia - normocytic RBCs ... multiples per RBC ... P. falciparum causes ... human malaria cases ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
urine • 1ml blood ... Hematuria: 3 or more RBC ... hematuria: - RBC ... casts → Diagnostic ... #renal #urine #blood
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Algorithm Red blood ... cells on urine microscopy ... Glomerular (Dysmorphic RBCs ... and/or RBC casts ... with polyangiitis/microscopic
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Microscopic exam ... (RBC) ... • Urinary casts ... : • White blood ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Goodpasture's cause ... reveals increasing blood ... gross hematuria, RBC ... casts, low grade ... differential #diagnosis #management
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age • 22 and 45 cases ... skin that are caused ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
on Peripheral Blood ... Hgb 12.5, WBC 14 ... Northeast Africa with cases ... Several cases have ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
and petechiae Causes ... Pancytopenia: • ↓ RBC ... result from low blood ... Aplastic #Anemia #oncology ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... Lymphoma (90-95% of cases ... platelets - WBC ... classification #hematology #oncology ... #management
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Causes: - Idiopathic ... : - Biopsy - Microscopic ... - CBC may also ... neutrophils in the blood ... #dermatology #oncology