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Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... Malignancy • Infections ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... activated macrophages produce ... are not caused ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Milk • Food products ... status NTM Cause ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... fortuitum can produce
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Headaches • Pale skin ... and petechiae Causes ... Idiopathic • Infections ... • Improve the symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Causes purpura & ... • Infection - ... skin flora (GPCs ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
by infectious larvae ... penetrating the skin ... penetrate the skin ... worm The females produce ... is caused by accelerated
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
→ Ulcerates to produce ... weight loss • Skin ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... infected without symptoms ... stages #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Causes purpura & ... Infection - Infection ... skin flora (GPCs ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Rheumatologic ... dissemination occurs and produces ... osteomyelitis or skin ... Mouth, throat, skin ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management