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Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
disconnection syndrome ... angular gyrus due to its ... read (alexia) 3 ... #Agraphia #clinical ... #neurology #diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... Positive Coombs testing ... post infectious setting ... #hematology #diagnosis
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Clinical Presentation ... Headaches • Pale skin ... • Difficulty breathing ... #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
work properly, leading ... just beneath the skin ... compounds, alcohol, lead ... Treatment: Goals: Treating ... #diagnosis #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
on bone marrow leading ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
IL-1 and IL-6, leading ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... nervous system (CNS ... #Diagnosis #Management
Uremic frost on the forehead.

Full blown uremic syndrome of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is seldom seen
Full blown uremic syndrome ... crystals on the skin ... diagnosis easy. ... Uremic #frost #head ... #Uremia #clinical
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Diagnosis? ... immunosuppressed pts ... present as non healing ... Mucormycosis #Eschar #dermatology ... #skin #clinical
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... ribs, vertebrae (thoracic ... to 90% in the head ... skeleton EMP - head ... • 18F-FDG PET/CT