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Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... artery biopsy • Lab ... values supporting ... hematologic malignancies
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chronic Disease Normal ... Renal Disease, Liver ... #Anemia #MCV #Classification ... #Causes #Hematology
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
(LFTs) - Normal ... Values and Interpretation ... prothrombin time across labs ... LFTs #Laboratory #Values ... Interpretation #diagnosis #hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infiltrative Labs ... - elevation Labs ... - If both are normal ... #hepatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Skin Disease Classification ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... pneumonitis • Diffuse ... enteropathy, and diffuse ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
wasting PBC Labs ... • ALT & AST normal ... • Bilirubin - Normal ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphadenopathy more diffuse ... can have extra nodal ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification ... pathophysiology #Hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... that a one-off value ... Better call hematology ... exogenous, EPO levels: normal ... #workup #hematology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)

MGRS
• MGRS refers to kidney disease caused by nephrotoxic monoclonal immunoglobulins
meet criteria for hematologic ... or evolve into hematologic ... kidney function • Abnormal ... Diagnostic Workup ... guide subtype classification
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
-70 y/o • 2/3 Males ... mainly in the oral ... common - GI tract, liver ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology