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trichophagia
pulling hair out and swallowing it
treatment trichotillomania
CBT
comorbid conditions with tourettes
OCD and ADHD
schistocytes
microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
child recovered from diarrheal illness now with anemia, thrombocytopenia and schistocyes
HUS from e coli
tetrad HSP
palpable purpura, athralgias, abdominal pain and renal disease
renal manifestations of HSP
hematuria, non-nephrotic range proteinuria and mildly elevated serum Cr
Treatment of HSP
supportive with hydration and NSAIDs
purpura fulminans
life threatening condition in bacterial infections- N men, Strep pneumo
black hemorrhagic purpuric lesions, fever, hypotension, DIC
signs of scurvy
petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses
cystic hygroma
benign lymphangioma in neck
found in turners and trisomy 13,18,21
dactylitis
vaso-occlusion in sickle cell anemia
mutation in sickle cell
substitution valine for glutamic acid
inheritance hereditary spherocytosis
auto dominant
clinical presentation hereditary spherocytosis
hemolytic anemia, jaundice, splenomegaly
laboratory findings of hereditary spherocytosis
inc MCV, spherocytes in peripheral smear, negative coombs test, increased fragility on acidified glycerol lysis test
abnormal eosin-5 maleimide binding test
Tx for hereditary spherocytosis
folic acid supplementation
blood transfusions
splenectomy
gold standard for Dx hereditary spherocytosis
eosin-5-maleimide binding test (flow cytometry) with acidified glycerol lysis test
what proteins to check for in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
CD55 CD59
exfoliative dermatitis
erythroderma
bright red patches coalesce and gradually peel