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Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Platelet ... Myelofibrosis • Chronic ... Myeloid Leukemia ... #Platelets #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... Lymphocytes) - Monoclonal ... #Causes #Hematology ... #Oncology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Disorders: • Chronic ... myeloid leukemia ... translocation • Acute myeloid ... Colitis and Crohn’s Disease ... #hematology #basophils
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
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Acute Myeloid ... • Chronic Myeloid ... Renal • Chronic
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Secondary ... hemorrhage) • Chronic ... myeloid leukemia ... #hematology #secondary
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... Myeloid Leukemia ... • Neutrophils (myeloid ... AML (Acute Myeloid ... #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myelogenous Leukemia ... : • Acute or Chronic ... disorders • Celiac disease
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathies
C - HyperCalcemia- calcium > 11 mg/dL / >1 mg/dL the ULN
R
Multiple Myeloma ... and Monoclonal ... ULN R - Renal disease ... Gammopathies #MGUS #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
myelodysplastic syndrome • Myeloid ... appearing during the disease ... myelodysplastic #syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology #clinical