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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
, autoimmune disorder ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... CLL (older) • Autoimmune ... younger pts) Differential ... Disorders Such As
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Include: • Viral infections ... acute HIV, HBV, EBV ... Cirrhosis, ETOH, autoimmune ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... Tenderness → Consider infectious ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... Other Diseases: • PBC ... #rheumatology #differential