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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... : Active TB: • ... • Check CXR and
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... : Active TB: • ... • Check CXR and
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
pulmonary disease ... resembling TB. ... a patient with active ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Hemophilia - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis:
 • Consistent bleeding history (unless screening for disease in family members
screening for disease ... with established disease ... normal in mild cases ... Individual factor activity ... #hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Severe Liver Disease ... Treatment: ... Treat primary cause ... #treatment #management ... #hematology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Tyrosine Kinase activity ... -> AML: Blast crises ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Cells - tumor ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... skin that are caused ... by bleeding (petechiae ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... • PET scan - activity ... number of sites of disease ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology