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Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Chronic (>3 months):
 • Extrinsic: Vitamins
 • Intrinsic: Congenital, Inflammatory
Transient:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Extrinsic: Vitamins ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #hematology
Anemia - Underproduction Diagnostic Algorithm
 - Iron deficiency anemia
 - Anemia of chronic inflammation
 - Anemia
Underproduction Diagnostic ... kidney disease - Vitamin ... Underproduction #Algorithm #hematology ... #diagnosis #differential
Methylmalonic Acid and Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency
 • B12 Deficiency: MMA elevated,
Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin ... deficiency #VitaminB12 #diagnosis ... #hematology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... consumption • Vitamin ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Hematology
How to Evaluate an Abnormal APTT
Step 1: Is the PT or APTT Artifactually Prolonged?
Step 2: Is
Anticoagulants (Vitamin ... APTT #prolonged #diagnosis ... #hematology #evaluation
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Liver Disease • Vitamin ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
Elevated in: • Vitamin ... Thromboplastin #laboratory #hematology ... #diagnosis
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... Megaloblastic: Vitamin ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Acquired: • Vitamin ... table #comparison #diagnosis ... #hematology #deficiency
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Post-splenectomy, Vitamin ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology