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Common RBC Inclusions and Associations
 • Howell Jolly Bodies: Hyposplenism, Asplenism, Severe hemolytic anemia
 • Heinz
Severe hemolytic anemia ... , Hemolytic anemia ... • Hemoglobin H Inclusion ... : Hemoglobin H disease ... #diagnosis #hematology
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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• Vasculitis Occlusion ... • Sickle Cell Anemia ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Trauma to Vessel (dislocation ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Increased Requirement (e.g ... #Macrocytosis #elevatedMCV ... #Hematology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive ... Differentiate from vaso-occlusive ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
: • Vascular occlusion ... - Hemolytic anemia ... • Bacterial endocarditis ... #hematology #rheumatology ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
due to vascular occlusion ... Diagnosis? ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Treat underlying cause
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... due to vascular occlusion ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Treat underlying cause
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... Rule out other causes ... osteoarticular and skin disease ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Dermatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... -> AML: Blast crises ... - infiltrates (anemia ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Aldolase levels • EMG ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... phenomenon INCLUSION ... statins - probably caused ... Myositis #Myopathy #rheumatology