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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Secondary ... MF) • Chronic myeloid ... #hematology #secondary
Periorbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Dacryoadenitis: infection of the lacrimal glands
b. Conjunctivitis: inflammation of the
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... upper or lower eyelid ... lacrimal sac, secondary ... inflammation of the eyelid ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
CML (Chronic Myeloid ... • Neutrophils (myeloid ... AML (Acute Myeloid ... bone marrow and secondary ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... directed towards the myelin ... transplantation CLINICAL ... than one after symptom ... the underlying pathophysiology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
AIHA Primary Secondary ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... significance (MGUS), CLL, Myeloma ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
severe clinical ... overload) Other Symptoms ... hyperparathyroidism • Secondary ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... = nonspecific (nausea ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical
Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
pathway -> Decreased myelin ... #Mania #Manic #Secondary ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... pain • loss of secondary ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Dacrolith Eyelid Expression 
Chronic canuliculitis typically presents with recurrent unilateral epiphora and a pouting punctum. Other
Dacrolith Eyelid ... Common causes are ... Dacrolith #granule #Eyelid ... #Dysfunction #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology