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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Diagnostic ... Criteria: • Elevated ... von Willebrand disease ... #hematology
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Diagnosis was made ... testing and expedite treatment ... neurotoxic • Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Onset Still's Disease ... the chest/trunk Symptoms ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... #rheumatology #
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... : 33% • Treatment ... : No • Treatment ... #diagnosis #comparison
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... variability in disease ... mood - Primary treatment ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... immunophenotype Clinical ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #rheumatology #
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fever is the main clinical ... Histopathologic criteria ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... age, however the disease ... HLH signs and symptoms ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... #hematology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... criteria for MS ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment