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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... Blast Phase: • Headaches ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... ) • Temporal arteritis ... • Acute angle ... #Algorithm #neurology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... transformation to acute ... #Management #treatment ... #hematology #oncology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
conjunction with symptoms ... and treatment can ... Inflammatory causes ... • Acute disseminated ... #neurology #inflammatory
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... (headache and diplopia ... , AS Treatment: ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Syndrome Acute ... Symptoms: • Headache ... RNA level ↑ • Leukocyte-lymphocyte ... • Severe headache ... antibody test) Treatment
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Acute febrile ... - Fatigue - Headaches ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #oncology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #MSK #rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... the following symptoms ... : headache, malaise ... • Associated symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... arteries - Temporal arteritis ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis