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Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
incidentally during medical ... workup for specific symptoms ... organ-specific signs or symptoms ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytes • Median ... Splenomegaly 5) Symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Medium and large ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... diet/deficiency symptoms ... improvement w/ mental ... Algorithm #diagnosis #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
microscopy and serial ... context of other symptoms ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... initiation • Differential ... APML #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... + MPO-ANCA MEDIUM ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... aortic aneurysm • Medium ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... or serologies + symptoms ... blood retum in serial ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Altered mental ... Presentation: • Altered mental ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management