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Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Fatigue • Acute ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology ... #Oncology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Artifact (redo CBC ... Myelogenous Leukemia ... Infectious: • Acute ... Iron deficiency anemia
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential ... Blood Loss • Acute ... RBCs on Smear • Chronic ... • Anemia of Chronic ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... RA, SLE, PRV, Chronic ... Normal RBCs • Acute ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Physical Exam/Signs ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Thrombocytosis): • Acute ... malignancies • Anemia ... myeloid leukemia ... Diagnosis #Causes #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... Chronic leukemia ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... - infiltrates (anemia ... #Hematology #Oncology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... for workup, including ... , deficiency anemia ... • Infections: Chronic ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
transform into a RBC ... deficiencies: Chronic ... Index > 3: • Acute ... Production #Index #hematology ... #anemia #differential
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology #testing