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Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused by Bartonella ... anorexia, ARDS ​• RBC ... phase: Peripheral smear ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Hgb 12.5, WBC 14 ... initiation of treatment ... #recurrentis #BloodSmear ... #microscopy #pathology ... #clinical
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... microglobulin Treatment ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... Bone marrow Treatment ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology