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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Falciparum Blood Smear ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... rare in blood smears ... Falciparum #Blood #Smear ... #peripheral #clinical
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral ... smear A college ... Diagnosis? ... Diagnostic morphologic ... size amoeboid trophozoite
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites ... cells) - Blood Smear ... in a thin blood smear ... falciparum #Blood #Smear ... #peripheral #clinical
Laboratory Testing in Hemolytic Anemia

Intravascular vs Extravascular Hemolysis
Reticulocytes
Unconjugated bilirubin
LDH
Peripheral smear
Haptoglobin
Urine hemosiderin
Urine hemoglobin
Carboxyhemoglobin

#Hemolytic #Anemia #Laboratory #Testing #workup
bilirubin LDH Peripheral ... smear Haptoglobin ... Testing #workup #diagnosis
Algorithm for diagnosis of familial thrombocytopenia. Platelet size, best determined by review of the peripheral smear,
Algorithm for diagnosis ... review of the peripheral ... smear, is a readily ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... and laboratory diagnosis ... (black arrow) Peripheral ... smear changes are ... Hematology #Pathology #Smear
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
1) Cysts 2) Trophozoite ... Amebae (cysts and trophozoites ... mandrillaris #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
- Differential Diagnosis ... Reticulocytes • Abnormal peripheral ... smear Immune-mediated ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
- Differential Diagnosis ... BMP, uric acid, peripheral ... smear, reticulocyte ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
into host) 2) Trophozie ... into host) 7) Trophozie ... Babesia #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases