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Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... Leukemia, Tumour ... Vasculitis • Infection ... #Differential #
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Myelofibrosis Infectious ... following EtOH induced thrombocytopenia ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
weeks without infection ... Scoring system: DDX ... Neutropenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia ... Contamination, colitis DDX ... workup #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... pain, bleeding, infections ... infiltrates (anemia, thrombocytopenia ... plaques) AML Dx ... #Hematology #Oncology
Liver infections and imaging findings
 - Pyogenic Liver Abscess
 - Amebic Abscess
 - Cholangitic Microabscesses
DDx of multiple ... sarcoidosis, lymphoma/leukemia ... Hepatic #imaging #radiology ... #Differential # ... Ddx #Diagnosis #
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Late phase • DDx ... CT #MRI #POCUS #radiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal Venous Phase and Delayed
Delayed Phase DDx ... ComputedTomography #CT #radiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... /fevers • Thrombocytopenia ... Idiopathic • Infections ... and thymoma DDX ... virus (EBV) • Leukemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Macrocytic anemia DDX ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... • Parvovirus infection ... blood count with differential
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound - Early arterial, Grayscale phase, Late arterial phase,
phase, Late phase DDx ... Contrast #POCUS #radiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology