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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Consider stem cell ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Aplastic ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Causes of Neutropenia with Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sequestration:
 • Splenomegaly
Marrow Infiltration:
 • Hematologic and non-hematologic
Pancytopenia - Differential ... Myelofibrosis Stem cell ... • Toxins • Aplastic ... Anemia • Myelodysplasia ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... Pelger-Huet, Macrocytic anemia ... • Lymphoid (CLL ... Blood #Disorders #hematology ... #Markers #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Megakaryopoiesis • Aplastic ... Anemia • Toxic ... ITP • SLE • CLL ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
dys- (abnormal) -plastic ... cytopenias (usually anemia ... Allogeneic stem cell ... #treatment #hematology ... #oncology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... • Aplastic anemia ... #Anemia #oncology ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
incompetent • CLL ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... aplasia • ITP ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
marrow failure: Aplastic ... anemia, Marrow ... defects (e.g. sickle cell ... Production #Index #hematology ... #anemia #differential
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL ... 5) Symptoms of anemia ... uw_IMresidency #CLL ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #diagnosis #management
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
count (anemia) ... • Aplastic Anemia ... blood count with differential ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology