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Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Thrombocytosis - ... Platelet Count ... blood loss (Fe deficiency ... Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ... #hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... Acute hemolysis, deficiency ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Spurious ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... malignancy • Iron deficiency ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
- Differential Diagnosis ... specifically: iron deficiency ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... Chronic myeloid leukemia ... #Causes #hematology
Inherited Qualitative Platelet Defects
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
 • Defect of adhesion due to a lack of GP Ib/IX/V
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome ... a storage pool deficiency ... #Defects #comparison ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... Leukemia, Tumour ... Non-lmmune: • HELLP Syndrome ... #Hematology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Hemophilia A - Deficiency ... promyelocytic leukemia ... Deficiencies #Summary #table ... #comparison #diagnosis ... #hematology #deficiency
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
basophilia, and thrombocytosis ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome ... Liver tests, Low Platelets ... AFLP #obstetrics #hematology ... #diagnosis #table ... #comparison
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy
Three syndromes in the critically ill pregnant woman who presents with coagulation defects.
1) HELLP
Pregnancy Three syndromes ... Liver tests, Low Platelets ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #Hematology ... #Diagnosis #Comparison ... #Table