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Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... • Young age ... Asymptomatic, Age ... Biopsy • Hodgkin's ... #Hematology #Oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
- Pel-Ebstein fever ... Increases with age ... involvement Differential ... oncology #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... has a bimodal age ... • Dyspnea • Fever ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... classification #hematology
Severe Drug Rashes - Comparison - DRESS | SJS/TEN | AGEP | Erythroderma

DRESS 
 - Onset:
/TEN | AGEP | Erythroderma ... mucocutaneous erosions AGEP ... Rashes #Comparison #TABLE ... DRESS #SJSTEN #AGEP ... #Emergency #Differential
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Diagnosis Algorithm Hodgkin ... - Bimodal Age ... Depletion Non-Hodgkin ... Most common, Wide age ... pathophysiology #Hematology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... explain symptoms • Fever ... Risk factors: Age ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... Red Flags: • Fever ... • Extremes of age ... #dermatology #physicalexam
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... Commonly in women aged ... perimenopausal women aged ... Patient may have fever ... diseases #benign #differential
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
increase with age ... , which can cause ... - Age (yrs) x 10 ... pathophysiology #hematology ... #differential #
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• Immature • Age ... under 6 years age ... ↑ • Mature • Age ... Myeloblasts • Age ... #Leukemia #Hematology