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Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
organ damage • Treatment ... Lysis of tumor cells ... hydration - Hyperkalemia ... unless worrisome EKG ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Compartment syndrome ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... or compartment syndrome ... kidney tubular cells ... fluid/Lactated ringers
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Renal Cell Carcinoma ... and a palpable abdominal ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... disease Imaging and Treatment ... Hypercalcemia 4
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... for diagnosis Treatment ... poorly fermentable fiber ... intestinal epithelial cells
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by 24 hours or longer ... marrow or stem cell ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... elevated white blood cell ... epilepticus Treatment
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
in the head and neck ... EMP - head and neck ... CRAB - no anemia, hypercalcemia ... Bone marrow Treatment ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology