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Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
2) Glomerular Crescents ... Double Contours of GBM ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology ... #pathology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
CNS Ring-Enhancing ... + toxo IgG • CNS ... granulomatosis: • EBV-associated ... disease • 30% present ... causes #radiology #neurology
B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Clinical
 - Primarily a disease of childhood, 75% <6 yo
 - Increased
disease with limited BM ... higher WBC count, CNS ... Leukemia #Lymphoma #hemepath ... #pathology #prognosis
Burkitt-Like Lymphoma with 11q Aberration
Clinical
 • Provisional entity
 • Comprises a group of lymphomas that morphologically
disease without CNS ... or BM involvement ... Aberration #diagnosis #hemepath ... #pathology
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
minor criteria present ... aggregates) in BM ... unless an AHN is present ... #mastocytosis #hemepath ... #pathology #algorithm
This image shows acellular scanning EM with a fibrocellular crescent with entrapped RBCs. The glomerulus is
acellular scanning EM ... fibrocellular crescent ... fibrocellular #crescent ... SEM #clinical #nephrology ... #pathology
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
lungs, liver) • BM ... indolent • Most present ... pattern: mimics NS ... lymphoma #ALKPos #hemepath ... #pathology
Balanced Crystalloids vs. NormalSaline - My infographic about SALT-ED and SMART trial comparing crystalloids and saline
treatment with BC and NS ... #Saline #AKI #VisualAbstract ... #LR #EBM #Nephrology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV-Associated CNS ... infections are present ... effect/Edema • EBV ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
T-LGL leukemia - T-CeIl Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia
Clinical
 - Persistent (>6mo) lymphocytosis (2-20k) with proven clonality
disease - Most present ... presentation (PB, BM ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #hemepath ... #pathology #diagnosis