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Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Reactive: • Anemia ... deficiency) • Infection ... Non-infectious (malignancy, rheumatologic ... Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ... causes #Platelets #hematology
Medial Approach Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Landmark 1/3 to 1/2 way from top of patella. Find
Corticosteroid Injection ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #procedure #msk ... #orthopedics #sports ... #rheumatology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
: • Recurrent infections ... Diagnosis: • Pancytopenia ... to MDS or acute leukemia ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Megakaryopoiesis • Aplastic Anemia ... Leukemia, Tumour ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... deficiency • Fanconi’s anemia ... Cancer: • Leukemia ... deficiency Infections ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
- Differential Diagnosis ... Thrombocytosis): • Acute infection ... malignancies • Anemia ... Chronic myeloid leukemia ... #Causes #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis ... cytopenias (usually anemia ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... transformation to acute leukemia ... Management #treatment #hematology
Dorsal Foot Corticosteroid Injection

Uncommon dorsum of foot injection. Try to move fluid in tendon to see
Corticosteroid Injection ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #procedure #msk ... #orthopedics #sports ... #rheumatology
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection

Radiocarpal wrist injection. Often swelling is more prominent in inflammatory arthritis on radial side
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #procedure #msk ... #orthopedics #sports ... #rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... pain, bleeding, infections ... - infiltrates (anemia ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis