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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
Anemia (AIHA) Treatment ... Warm AIHA: 1) Steroids ... #Anemia #AIHA # ... Treatment #management ... #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
(AIHA) "Warm" ( ... ) (e.g. lupus, CLL ... (AIHA)"Cold" (usually ... differential #diagnosis #hematology ... #anemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
cytopenias (ITP, AIHA ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... AIHA, PRCA) • Treatment ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... basophilia, and thrombocytosis ... - infiltrates (anemia ... /Cytopenias • AIHA ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
cells can indicate disease ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... thrombocytopenia • AIHA ... Hypogammaglobulinemia • Warm AIHA ... workup #oncology #hematology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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- Symptoms of chronic ... been reported (eg AIH-PBC ... If suspected, AIH ... #Hepatitis #AIH ... #Hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Immunosuppression • Autoimmune ... number of sites of disease ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management