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Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes on Blood Smear.

Banana-shaped gametocytes are only seen in Plasmodium falciparum but rare in
Plasmodium Falciparum ... Gametocytes on Blood Smear ... #Blood #Smear. ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Blood Smear. ... rare in blood smears ... #Blood #Smear. ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
How to distinguish a metamyelocyte from a band neutrophil.

- Kyle Bradley, MD
@KyleBradleyMD

#Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy #Blood #Smear
Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Blood #Smear # ... Peripheral #Metamyelocytes ... #Neutrophils #Comparison
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum ... cells) - Blood Smear ... #Blood #Smear # ... peripheral #clinical ... #microscopy #malaria
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Hematuria, Hemoptysis, Peripheral ... symptomatology Differential ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... sparing of the lung periphery ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
bone marrow and peripheral ... leukopenia) Peripheral ... Smear: • Dysplastic ... blood count with differential ... smear • Bone marrow
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... progressing GN • New pulmonary ... PR3-ANCA): • Microscopic ... glomeruli, and peripheral ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Using fluorescence microscopy ... scleroderma • Peripheral ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
• Plasmodium falciparum ... Causes of Fever: • Falciparum ... chest film; blood-smear ... dipstick test, microscopic ... Fever #Travel #Differential