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Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - ... instability - New-onset fever ... #Rash #Maculopapular ... Targetoid #Algorithm #Differential ... #Ddxof
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
purpura to mucosal bleeding ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... Fibrin degradation products ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Hct, fever, minor ... /sx urticaria, maculopapular ... rash, pruritis, ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Hct, fever, minor ... /sx urticaria, maculopapular ... rash, pruritis, ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
lesions (9.4%) • Maculopapular ... rash (6.7%) • ... reticularis Differential ... #rash #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
extensive skin rash ... • Maculopapular ... Fever >38.5 2. ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials ... DRESS #Syndrome #dermatology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
the face (many differential ... 3) Limb oedema leading ... 9) Unexplained fever ... when infection has ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... : neuro, heme (bleeding ... Better call hematology ... - Some tumors produce ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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- Pel-Ebstein fever ... lymphadenopathy, mass ... Hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenias(bleeding ... involvement Differential ... #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Anterior mediastinal mass ... • Dyspnea • Fever ... genes and gene products ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... classification #hematology