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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Script Signs and symptoms ... Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... • Supportive care ... progress to MDS or acute ... management #treatment #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis ... 10,000 new cases diagnosed ... transformation to acute ... Conservative/supportive care ... Management #treatment #hematology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Treated Like Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... pathophysiology #Hematology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Presentation: Subacute-Acute ... : DAH, acute febrile ... : >3 symptoms, or ... , Anaphylaxis, Acute ... #management #hematology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Definition: acute ... • Cephalic symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms ... GiantCellArteritis #GCA #Rheumatology ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
- Differential Diagnosis ... granules which are ... translocation • Acute ... thrombocythemia • Acute ... #causes #hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
and Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Blood #Disorders #hematology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... constitutional symptoms ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... asymmetric pattern Acute ... #MSK #rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
It is rare in presentation ... HLH signs and symptoms ... presents as an acute ... insulting agent are ... management #treatment #hematology
Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
tendon ruptures are ... warriors") • Acute ... TendonRupture #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... pathophysiology #msk