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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... Diagnosis: r/o ... Needle-shaped, negative ... #diagnosis #management ... treatment #ULT #rheumatology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Pathophysiology - Warm vs Cold AIHA
Warm AIHA:
 - 70%; IgG mediated
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C3 positive or negative ... mediated - DAT: IgG negative ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #hematology
Stroke and bleeding risk stratification with the CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED schemas

#Diagnosis #Hematology #CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
HAS-BLED schemas #Diagnosis ... #Hematology #CHADS2 ... CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
) - MSK Radiology ... Differential diagnosis ... mri #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk ... #rheumatology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
- Differential Diagnosis ... AIHA (7-8%) DAT-negative ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #hematology
Thalassemia - Electrophoresis - Comparison Table
In this disorder it is the defective production of hemoglobin that
Electrophoresis - Comparison ... #Alpha #Beta #Comparison ... #Table #Hematology ... Electrophoresis #Diagnosis
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
Hemolysis DAT Negative ... Autoimmune #Hemolysis #hematology ... #diagnosis
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
- Differential Diagnosis ... normal • DAT negative ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Management #Algorithm #hematology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ... CT #MRI #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
thrombocytopenia #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Hematology