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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Normochromic RBCs on Smear ... • Chronic Bleed ... Disease • Marrow ... Spherocytes on Smear ... Non-lmmune #Anemia #Classification
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
• Anemia of Chronic ... • Anemia of Chronic ... , Chronic Infection ... #Anemia #MCV #Classification ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood Smear ... cells: Sickle cell disease ... Peripheral #Blood #Smear ... #Analysis #hematology ... interpretation #clinical
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and/or hypoxia Chronic ... Chronic thromboembolic ... mediastinitis, chronic ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
Aggressive disease ... rouleaux #formation #Clinical ... #Smear #Hematology
Beautiful acanthocytes/spur cells in a patient with McLeod Syndrome. X-linked disorder characterized by reduced expression of
associated with chronic ... granulomatous disease ... McLeod #Syndrome #Smear ... Pathology #Microscopy #Clinical
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... → Refer to hematology ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... • Infections: Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... phase: Peripheral smear ... ​• Chronic phase
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... • Peripheral smear ... immunophenotype Clinical ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... uw_IMresidency #CLL #Chronic
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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infection, Autoimmune diseases ... • Clinical features ... translocation • Types: Classification ... Noncontiguous spread • Clinical ... #differential #hematology