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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... B - Body for syndrome ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... Water Exposure, Ill ... Mnemonic #history #diagnosis
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
- infiltrates (anemia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... -> Invade Skin: ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Diagnosis: • Pancytopenia ... Consider stem cell ... if neutropenic fever ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... Hepatomegaly • Skin ... Diagnosis: • ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... workup #oncology #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... cytopenias (usually anemia ... Allogeneic stem cell ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... #hematology #oncology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Megakaryopoiesis • Aplastic Anemia ... ITP • SLE • CLL ... Non-lmmune: • HELLP Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
hepatic crisis: • Fever ... hepatomegaly and anemia ... cholestasis: • Fever ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... organ or stem cell ... macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... " • HELLP syndrome ... #hematology #hemolysis
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Presentation: • Fever ... Headaches • Pale skin ... recurrent infections/fevers ... #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management