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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Differential Diagnosis ... Table Warm AIHA ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
uremic syndrome (HUS ... - Autoimmune (AIHA ... - Autoimmune (AIHA ... Extravascular #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
- Differential ... Anemias (AIHAs) ... Macroangiopathic, Microangiopathic ... #Anemias #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... syndrome (ST-HUS ... known as atypical HUS ... Drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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- Differential ... • Cold AIHA ... MAHA (TTP, DIC, HUS ... Extravascular #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Thrombotic Microangiopathies - Primary Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Primary Thrombotic Microangiopathy ... (TMA) - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... #TMA #hematology ... #differential #
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Thrombotic Microangiopathy ... - TTP VS HUS ... Often hard to differentiate ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Table ... #Hematology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... - MAHA: TTP, HUS ... Autoimmune: Warm AIHA ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #hematology
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... for Hemolytic Anemia ... Hypersplenism • AIHA ... • MAHA: TTP, HUS ... classification #hematology