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Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Hyperferritinemia Pearl: Diseases ... Still's disease ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... disorders • Celiac disease ... Non malignant hematologic ... states • Non-hematologic ... Thrombocytosis #Differential
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Venous Thrombosis - Differential ... : - Behcet disease ... APLS:PLT ↓ HEMATOLOGIC ... Venous #Thrombosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #clots #hematology
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
LMN palsy with tongue ... Bulbar motor Neuron disease ... Note the wrinkled tongue ... @bobvarkey #tongue ... #CNXII #CN12 #clinical
Scarlet Fever - Other symptoms include: white coating on the tongue which then peels and leave
coating on the tongue ... a ‘strawberry’ tongue ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical ... #Dermatology #Peds
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Liver Mass Differential ... Polycystic liver disease ... #Liver #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #Radiology
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
scalp, skin • Differential ... pulmonary • Differential ... Thyroid/laryngeal disease ... cytomegalovirus, dental disease ... Drain larynx, tongue
Dengue Illness - Clinical Course of the Disease - Febrile, Critical, Recovery phases
 • Days of
Dengue Illness - ... Clinical Course ... of the Disease ... • Potential clinical ... and Virology #Dengue
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Clinical features ... Noncontiguous spread • Clinical ... involvement Differential ... Lymphomas • Other hematologic ... #hematology
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Splenomegaly - Differential ... • Gaucher's Disease ... Glycogen Storage Disease ... Spleen #Enlarged #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology