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Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... Viral: HIV, HCV, EBV ... : ITP, HITT - Autoimmune ... antiphospholipid syndrome
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
fires, heating pads ... malignancies, autoimmune ... infection and autoimmune ... comparison #table #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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- Differential ... neutropenia, Kostmann syndrome ... Chediak-Higashi syndrome ... #Neutropenia #differential ... #hematology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... : Autoimmune hepatitis
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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W/ LOW CD4 • Autoimmune ... chemotherapy) • Genetic syndromes ... EBV. CMV. ... #Differential # ... Causes #lymphocytopenia
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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changes (POEMS syndrome ... acute HIV, HBV, EBV ... Cirrhosis, ETOH, autoimmune ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... Symptoms: • Gottron rash ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... statins - probably caused ... #rheumatology #differential