Alexandru Stieber
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Alexandru Stieber
@alexstieber.bsky.social
Internal Medicine resident | Passionate about rare diseases, rheumatology and neurology | Aspiring diagnostician
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➡️ low rate of diagnostic spenectomy (4.8%)

➡️ only 2% of pts had a diagnosis of lysosomal storage diseases (10/505)
August 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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➡️ older age, massive splenomegaly, high platelets, high LDH levels, biopsy exploration, bone marrow exploration --> #myeloid malignancies

➡️ thrombocytopenia, abnormal y-GT levels, presence of a monoclonal peak, liver biopsy exploration --> portal hypertension
August 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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➡️ hypogammaglobulinemia, massive splenomegaly (>18 cm), heterogeneous spleen, lymphocytosis, presence of a #monoclonal peak, older age at inclusion --> lymphoid malignancies ⚠️

➡️ high CRP, constitutional Sx, osteoarticular symptoms --> autoimmune/inflammatory diseases
August 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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➡️ less than half of all patients in the cohort had a cause identified for their spleen enlargement

➡️ #lymphoid malignancies and #autoimmune/#inflammatory diseases were the most frequent etiologies in their respective categories (malignant vs non-malignant causes)
August 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Always a pleasure sharing research in the field of autoinflammatory diseases!
March 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Scientific work done right, with approval by the Gen Z ers 😂
March 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM