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Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Reactive: • Anemia ... /blood loss (Fe ... Myelofibrosis • Chronic Myeloid ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #Platelets #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis): • Acute ... malignancies • Anemia ... MF) • Chronic myeloid ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #hematology #secondary
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Blood Disorders ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... AcuteMyloid ... Pelger-Huet, Macrocytic anemia ... #Disorders #hematology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... Unstable hemoglobin disorders ... #Red #BloodCell ... RBC #Morphology #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
the total white blood ... : • Chronic myeloid ... myeloid leukemia ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #hematology #basophils
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Infectious: • Acute ... • Rheumatic disorders ... • Celiac disease ... Iron deficiency anemia ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... Normal Blood Smear ... • Small Bowel Disorder ... Formation • Multiple Myeloma ... #Causes #Hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential ... Blood Loss ... • Acute Bleed - ... Disease • Marrow ... #Causes #Hematology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance (MGUS) - Differential Diagnosis

Neurologic-Centered:
 (+) Systemic Features: POEMS, AL amyloid, Cryoglobulinemia
Significance (MGUS) - Differential ... Diagnosis Neurologic-Centered ... Ig deposition disease ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathies
C - HyperCalcemia- calcium > 11 mg/dL / >1 mg/dL the ULN
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Multiple Myeloma ... 40 ml/min A - Anemia ... Causes of false- ... Gammopathies #MGUS #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology