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Comparison of basophils and mast cells (in bone marrow).

#Basophils #MastCells #Pathology #Marrow #Smear #Microscopy #Comparison #Table
Comparison of basophils ... Pathology #Marrow #Smear ... #Microscopy #Comparison ... #Table #Clinical
How to distinguish a metamyelocyte from a band neutrophil.

- Kyle Bradley, MD
@KyleBradleyMD

#Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy #Blood #Smear
Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Blood #Smear # ... #Neutrophils #Comparison
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood ... Smear. ... human malaria cases ... #Smear. ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy
Differentiation Between Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephritic Syndrome 
== Nephrotic Syndrome ==
Onset - Insidious 
Edema - ++++
Blood
Edema - ++++ Blood ... cell casts - Absent ... cell casts - Present ... Syndrome #Nephritic #Comparison ... #Table #Nephrology
Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis vs Ehrlichiosis vs Babesiosis
Nonspecific febrile illness with severe headache and myalgia.
Diagnosis: NAAT, Blood
Diagnosis: NAAT, Blood ... Smear Human Granulocytic ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... RBCs and/or RBC casts ... with polyangiitis/microscopic
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Smear 23M Somali ... Northeast Africa with cases ... Several cases have ... The table below ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age • 22 and 45 cases ... Peripheral Smear ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... smear • Bone marrow
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
dysfunction + • Blood ... Serial negative blood ... in up to 30% of cases ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
initial treatment algorithms ... & tenderness, bloody ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... differences #diagnosis #table