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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Diagnosis Secondary ... Post-splenectomy Primary ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #hematology ... #secondary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Insufficiency - Primary ... Crohn's Disease - Secondary ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis

Primary osteoporosis 
 - idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis 
 -  postmenopausal
Primary and Secondary ... Gastrointestinal diseases - chronic ... inflammatory bowel ... immobilization - chronic ... #Causes #Differential
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint ... Abdominal XRay - Differential ... • inflammatory bowel ... • infection (e.g ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
- Generalized Differential ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... #secondary #systemic ... #generalized #dermatology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... (organic) chronic ... (functional) chronic ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... wave inversion syndrome ... Secondary T wave ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Primary and Secondary ... Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Primary ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #Cardiology #Differential
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... Idiopathic Eosinophilia Primary ... Eosinophilia: • Primary ... familial eosinophilia Secondary ... insufficiency, Chronic
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Reticulocytosis • Primary ... Hypersplenism • Secondary ... (e.g. ... RA, SLE, PRV, Chronic ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology