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Causes of Neutropenia with Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sequestration:
 • Splenomegaly
Marrow Infiltration:
 • Hematologic and non-hematologic
- Differential ... • Toxins • Aplastic ... AnemiaMyelodysplasia ... Nutritional deficiency ... #Causes #Hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic ... Diagnosis and Management ... BrighamChiefs #Myelodysplastic ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #hematology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Pancytopenia - Differential ... • Fanconi’s anemia ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... Diagnosis #Hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... Anemia Clinical ... • Hypocellular myelodysplastic ... #Anemia #oncology ... #hematology #diagnosis
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... Hypothyroidism, Myelodysplastic ... syndrome - Dr ... morphologic #mcv #differential ... #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
malignancies • Anemia ... specifically: iron deficiency ... vera (PV) • Myelodysplastic ... syndrome • Myelofibrosis ... #hematology #secondary
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Myelodysplastic ... • Aplastic Anemia ... blood count with differential ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Liver diseases, Myelodysplastic ... syndrome, Increased ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential # ... hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dysplastic • Myelodysplastic ... Syndromes Macrocytosis ... #Causes #Hematology
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
 •
chemotherapy) • Genetic syndromes ... Heme (lymphoma. aplasia ... /myelodysplasia) ... variable immune deficiency ... #hematology #Differential