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Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
Approach to the Rash ... infections (HSV/VZV), Fungal ... Gangrenosum, NEH T - Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis ... MINTC #Mnemonic #dermatology
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
response to a fungal ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... Griseofulvin #Kerion #Dermatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... Renal Failure Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... Summary Diagnostic ... transformation into AML ... #Management #Summary ... #treatment #hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
arthritis, Skin rash ... Differential Diaqnoses ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
extensive skin rash ... Criteria for Diagnosis ... disease: symptomatic treatment ... DRESS #Syndrome #dermatology ... #diagnosis #management
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
. diagnosis? ... self-limited Diagnosis ... No treatment is ... larva #migrans #skinRash ... #dermatology #clinical
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Petechial or purpuric rash ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
risk factors, management ... #treatment #diagnosis ... dermatitis #eczema #dermatology ... #skinrash References ... corticosteroids in dermatology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
> 4 days → add fungal ... syndrome): - Hematologic ... - CRS: fever, rash ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis