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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... - Differential ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Infectious: • Acute ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Headaches (without ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Analgesic Induced Headache ... #Secondary #Headaches ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... ): • Acute infection ... Chronic myeloid leukemia ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #hematology #secondary
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Blast Phase: • Headaches ... basophilia, and thrombocytosis ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... = nonspecific (nausea ... abdominal pain, headache ... infiltration) Differential ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Marrow (Toxic injury ... Irritability • Headaches ... and petechiae Causes ... virus (EBV) • Leukemia ... Anemia #oncology #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... CNS symptoms (headache ... Behcet disease) Differential ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication, headaches ... complaints- anemia, thrombocytosis ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases