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Hemolysis - Diagnostic Algorithm and Causes

Increased red cell production: 
 • Increased Reticulocytosis/polychromasia 
 • Erythroid
Increased red cell ... hyperplasia of bone ... Increased red cell ... Differential #Causes #Workup ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Malignant • Giant Cell ... tumours • Multiple Myeloma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Causes #Oncology #Radiology
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Mean corpuscular (cell ... Red cell distribution ... Low in bone marrow ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology #Microcytic
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... hypercellular bone ... , or all three myeloid ... Workup: • Complete ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Myeloma: In this BM core, most plasma cells contain cytoplasmic immunoglobulin (Russell bodies).

They're difficult to identify
Myeloma: In this ... core, most plasma cells ... RussellBodies #Body ... BoneMarrow #Clinical #Pathology ... #Hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... stimulates our body ... Too many cells in ... Better call hematology ... #workup #hematology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphoma, melanoma, myeloma ... hemolysis) • ALP: Bone ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hepatology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
patients with EMD myeloma ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... • Multiple myeloma ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Raindrop Skull- ...A skeletal survey showed diffuse osteopenia, a pubic bone fracture, and numerous radiolucent lesions
osteopenia, a pubic bone ... was confirmed by bone ... clonal plasma cells ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #skull