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Dupuytren’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Aging, smoking and/or diabetes -> Microangiopathy and palmar fascia
Dupuytren’s Disease ... Microangiopathy and palmar ... digital fascia => Dupuytren's ... digital fascia #Dupuytrens ... #Disease #Contractures
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Liver and Biliary Diseases ... Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's ... encephalopathy), Palmar ... rings in Wilson's disease ... cirrhosis #liver #disease
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
, Liver diseases ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... cells - Renal diseases ... , Liver diseases ... Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Screening Algorithm
 • Bloom syndrome
 • Canavan disease
 • Familial dysautonomia
 • Fanconi
Algorithm • Bloom syndrome ... dysautonomia • Fanconi anemia ... 1A • Joubert syndrome ... type 1B • Usher syndrome ... type 1F • Usher syndrome
Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
secondary to Systemic Diseases ... Iron deficiency anemia ... • Any systemic disease ... Medications • Wilson's disease ... • Nephrotic syndrome
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Framework for Anemia ... thalassemia • Anemia ... chronic kidney disease ... Alcohol use, Liver disease ... Myelodysplastic syndrome
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
Vitamin D - Bone disease ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... Folate - Macrocytic anemia ... B12 - Macrocytic anemia ... Calcium - Bone disease
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Iron Deficiency Anemia ... sprue, Whipple's disease ... ulcers, Crohn's disease ... rubber bleb nevus syndrome ... Iron #Deficiency #Anemia
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... ) - HELLP syndrome ... Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... cold agglutin disease ... diagnosis #hematology #anemia
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... • Symptoms of anemia ... include fatigue, pallor ... • hemolytic anemia ... #hemolytic #anemia