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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 #
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
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... actually seen in all ... TreeInBud #Sign #diagnosis ... #clinical #radiology ... #ChestCT #pathophysiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Pathophysiology ... • Mitchell et al ... #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
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
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... → Inflammation causes ... and iron release Diagnosis ... composite endpoint of all-cause ... #management #cardiology
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
(RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... serum level for all ... the most likely cause ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
skin that are caused ... Peripheral Smear ... Out Secondary Causes ... smear • Bone marrow ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis