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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... for workup, including ... , deficiency anemia ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac ... disease, Kawasaki
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... changes), high MCV anemia ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... extramedullary disease ... - infiltrates (anemia ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
cells can indicate disease ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... #workup #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 ... are caused by bleeding ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
invasive procedures/ bleeding ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... during clinical evaluations ... blood loss or acute ... of renal disease
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... first step in evaluation ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
to acute myeloid ... median age at diagnosis ... tolerate anemia ... an infection or bleeding ... #algorithm #hematology