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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... her peripheral blood ... smear showed hypogranular ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Blood ... Normochromic RBCs on Smear ... Spherocytes on Smear ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... smear, HIV/HCV ... not required in all ... dysplasia on the smear
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
the peripheral blood ... smear or on bone ... : Blast crises ... • Peripheral smear ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hereditary ... • Peripheral blood ... smear + DAT + further ... #Algorithm #causes
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Algorithm R/O ... Alwavs Repeat Blood ... while drawing blood ... #Algorithm #causes ... potassium #high #pathophysiology
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... (RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... serum level for all ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Blood Smear • ... #Algorithm #Causes
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Smear 23M Somali ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... with a blood smear ... can be used for diagnosis ... #recurrentis #BloodSmear
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
- decr blood flow ... S.A. can also be caused ... pathogen across all ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis