REVIEW THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR EACH DISEASE
1. MANAGEMENT
2. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
3. DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS
4. UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY
RBC DISORDERS:
1. Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn
2. Congenital abnormalities a. Spherocytosis/Elliptocytosis b. Acanthocytosis c. G6PD deficiency d. Thalassemia
3. Anemia a. Hypochromic microcytic b. Macrocytic c. Normochromic d. Sickle cell anemia e. Related to systemic inflammatorydisease f. Related to chronic renal disease g. Related to liver disease
4. Polycythemia in the neonate
5. Pancytopenia
6. Aplastic anemia
WBC DISORDERS:
1. Leukocytosis
2. Leukopenia
3. Leukemoid reaction vs leukemia
4. Leukocyte dysfunction a. Lazy-leukocyte syndrome b. Chediak-Higashi syndrome c. Chronic granulomatous disease
5. Neutropenia
COAGULATION DEFECTS:
1. Coagulation tests
2. Hemophilia A
3. Hemophilia B
4. Von Willibrand's disease
5. Vitamin K deficiency
PLATELET DISORDERS:
1. Macrothrombocytes a. ITP b. Bernard-Soulier syndrome c. Alport's syndrome
2. Microthrombocytes a. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome b. TAR syndrome c. Iron-deficiency anemia
MALIGNANCY IN CHILDREN:
1. Leukemias a. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia b. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
2. Lymphomas a. Hodgkin's disease b. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma c. Burkitt's lymphoma
3. CNS tumors a. Medulloblastoma b. Astrocytoma c. Craniopharyngioma
4. Neuroblastoma vs Wilms' tumor
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