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Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Etiology of Splenic ... endocarditis • Trauma ... cell disease • Splenic ... artery aneurysm, Splenic ... compression • Splenic
Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Traumatic Splenic ... Minor blunt trauma ... @eabramsMD #Splenic ... LUQ #FAST #Exam #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #Trauma
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
rheumatologic, trauma ... Post-splenectomy or Asplenia
Splenic Laceration 
Most commonly injured organ in BLUNT abdominal trauma 
Grade I
 - Laceration < 1
Splenic Laceration ... BLUNT abdominal trauma ... Grade I - Splenic ... devascularization #Splenic ... Laceration #Spleen #Trauma
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
#Clinical #Pathology ... #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Clay-Shoveler Fracture 
 - Avulsion fracture of spinous process of C6 or C7 (Stable fracture)
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muscles or Direct trauma ... Fracture #Diagnosis #MSK ... SpinousProcess #MSK
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Pathogenesis and clinical ... trochanter • Major traumas ... Causes: • Major trauma ... Femur #Fractures #msk
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
infarction, Severe trauma ... period • Others: Asplenia
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
Trauma - Paradoxical ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... #Video #Clinical
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical ... on the side of trauma ... on the side of trauma ... opposite side of trauma ... #Orthopedics #MSK