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Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... Disorders: • Chronic myeloid ... translocation • Acute myeloid ... leukemia - Basophils ... #hematology #basophils
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential ... thalassemia, S Lepore • Basophilic ... Agglutination - Cold agglutinins ... #workup #hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
anemia • Cold ... younger pts) Differential ... of undetermined significance ... (MGUS), CLL, Myeloma ... #anemia #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
CML (Chronic Myeloid ... (myeloid)↑ • Mature ... AML (Acute Myeloid ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
myelodysplastic syndrome • Myeloid ... appearing during the disease ... course • Significant ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology #clinical
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
, or all three myeloid ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... blood count with differential ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
1% Clinically significant ... Tissue damage • Leukemia ... • Autoimmune diseases ... #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology