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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Function Tests ... Function Tests ... • Liver Disease
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
symptoms/signs ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... disease; AST, aspartate ... disease; T2DM, ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Drug-associated, PCH, Evans Syndrome ... Defects, Drugs, Liver ... Defects: Sickle cell anemia ... Laboratory Tests ... #hematology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... #causes #hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... (Clinical Dx). ... is a skin prick test ... #signs #symptoms
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease, decrease ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... changes), high MCV anemia ... disease), HBsAg
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold # ... #hematology #diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... with leukopenia, anemia ... function tests ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
the presence of anemia ... profile, including liver ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Liver diseases ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome