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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... , HIV, rubella legionella ... sensitize red blood cells ... #hemolytic #anemia
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... EBV, HSV, CMV, ... Bilirubin: RBC (hemolysis ... intestines, white blood cells ... #differential #diagnosis
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Scleromyxedema (Dermato-neuro ... • Coombs (-) hemolytic ... anemia due to cold ... Pseudohyponatremia • ↓anion gap ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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decrease (<200 cells ... enzymes ↑ • Mild anemia ... Thrombocytopenia Neuro ... Epstein-Barr virus (EBV ... disease progression
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... infections (acute HIV ... , HBV, EBV, VZV, ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... #differential #diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• History of EBV ... nodosum • Immune hemolytic ... anemia • Pain ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... number of sites of disease