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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• Blasts > 10% leukocytes ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Obstruction - Differential ... Hernia: External abdominal ... Inflammatory: Intra-abdominal ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... , Duplications/cysts
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Fatty Liver • Cysts ... • Budd-Chiari Syndrome ... #Hepatomegaly #Differential
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
contrast - Simple Cysts ... sized kidneys, No cysts ... Multiple bilateral cysts ... Enlarged kidneys, Cysts ... Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Systemic Symptoms (DRESS ... Edema in 70% of cases ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #DRESS ... #Syndrome #dermatology
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
Crigler-Najjar syndrome ... , Rotor syndrome ... cholestasis, and some cases ... cholangitis, choledochal cyst ... #unconjugated #differential
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
in duration) - Differential ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... Adenomyosis • Ovarian cyst ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Pelvic #Pain #Differential
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
of Hematuria - Differential ... membrane, Alport syndrome ... - Structural - Cysts ... hematuria #Hematuria #Differential
Drugs Related to DRESS Syndrome / DIHS 

The cases that were more consistent with DRESS/DIHS were
Syndrome / DIHS ... The cases that ... causing less typical cases ... #DRESS #Syndrome ... Causes #Diagnosis #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Common Causes: • Cystic ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... no evidence of cystic ... moderate-to-severe cases ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential