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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
• Symptoms of anemia ... anemia • Cold ... Monoclonal IgM ... disease #hemolytic #anemia ... #hematology #diagnosis
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Table Warm AIHA ... hemoglobinuria) • Cold Agglutinin ... #Table #hematology
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
Monoclonal Gammopathy ... - IFE - FLC ... UPEP / IFE #Monoclonal ... Testing #Protein #Diagnosis ... Laboratory #Comparison #Table
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) - Summary Framework

Hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of either
No evidence of anemia ... insufficiency, Anemia ... increased kappa FLC ... #Significance #hematology ... #diagnosis #oncology
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathies
C - HyperCalcemia- calcium > 11 mg/dL / >1 mg/dL the ULN
R
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal ... 40 ml/min A - Anemia ... if this is is monoclonal ... Gammopathies #MGUS #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Summary of types of haemolytic anaemia. Visit gramproject.com for more medical diagrams, tables and flowcharts for
of haemolytic anaemia ... medical diagrams, tables ... #diagnosis #clinical ... differential #algorithm #anaemia ... #haematology
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Agglutination - Cold agglutinins ... ARUPLabs #Hemolytic #Anemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... . primary cold agglutin ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #anemia
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Can Feature A Monoclonal ... Organomegaly+↑RBC/plt ... (-) hemolytic anemia ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Diagnosis #Oncology
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia ... medications #Hemolytic #Anemia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology # ... table