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Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Management of Sickle Cell ... Management #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
large numbers and are ... Diagnosis: • ... kinase (BTK) Complications ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
of B-cell lineage ... Transformation: • Complication ... Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Age-Focused Initial Evaluation for Pyoderma Gangrenosum 

All Patients: 
 - A thorough history and physical examination
Evaluation for ... Gangrenosum All ... #Gangrenosum #Workup ... #Evaluation #Age ... #Dermatology #Diagnosis
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
and laboratory diagnosis ... non-specific red cell ... polychromatophilic cells ... required for evaluation ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
during medical evaluation ... /µL Workup • Screen ... (common causes are ... #Differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #eosinophilia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL ... thrombocytopenia Complications ... Transformation to large cell ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... low red blood cell ... Workup: • Complete ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... function test, ANA ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... #hematology
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
an old house & works ... Diagnosis? ... differential: basal cell ... ca, squamous cell ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash #dermatology