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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... to irritation, blood ... or swelling of blood ... • Trauma?
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... abnormal under a microscope ... count with differential ... smear • Bone marrow ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Smear ... hematologic: Acute blood ... infarction, Severe trauma ... Matthew Ho, MD
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Petechial Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... hemorrhage, which are ... integrity: - Trauma ... Sjogren's, GPA, EGPA, Microscopic
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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PR3-ANCA): • Microscopic ... - Fever - Conjunctivitis ... pulses, bruis, or blood ... Large Vessel: Blood ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... Syndromes (PRS) are ... reveals increasing blood ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... diseases to exclude are ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... arteries • Fever • Conjunctivitis ... (PR3-ANCA)): Microscopic
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Denies any trauma ... Diagnosis? ... Humans are definitive ... bancrofti #clinical #photo ... #smear #microscopy
Fever in the Returning International Traveler
Investigations after comprehensive physical examination including thorough skin examination: 
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, Blood Cultures ... been ordered and are ... Andrea Boggild, MD ... management #workup #diagnosis ... #differential