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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Manifestations: Malar rash ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #Summary #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... NPSLE rare, Malar rash ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #diagnosis #management
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... • Autoimmune diseases ... odds of having positive ... article/S0002-9343(12 ... #CBC #hematology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... ) on room air Treatment ... #treatment #hepatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
immunophenotype Clinical ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fever is the main clinical ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Incubation period: 3-12 ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia Clinical ... • ↓ WBC • ↓ ... aplastic anemia Treatment ... Anemia #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... oral ulcers in 12 ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
Diagnosis is clinical ... No treatment is ... one-time dose of 12 ... migrans #skinRash #dermatology ... #clinical #photo