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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... younger pts) Differential ... #hematology #diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... Clinical Presentation ... with leukopenia, anemia ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Causes of Monoclonal ... changes (POEMS syndrome ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... number of sites of disease ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management