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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Screen also for Strongyloides ... infection with ... glucocorticoid treatment ... #Differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #eosinophilia
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Coccidioides • Parasite
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Pathophysiology ... : Infection (sepsis ... Renal Failure Treatment ... #management #hematology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis ... skin necrosis (at injection ... ♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... #Management #Treatment ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... manifestation of Strongyloides ... stercoralis infection ... self-limited Diagnosis ... No treatment is
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... , weight loss DIAGNOSIS ... • IgG ELISA TREATMENT ... several weeks after infection ... #management #parasites
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
vasculitis - Infectious ... fast bacterial infection ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... Histopathological Diagnoses ... Hypoalbuminemia Treatment
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Disease (CPPD) Pathophysiology ... culture used to diagnose ... concomitant infection ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... #diagnosis #management