19 results
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood ... , Thalassemia Basophilic ... #Peripheral #Blood ... interpretation #clinical ... #anemia
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... DIC is a clinical ... Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... #Hematology #Pathology
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Management Summary Clinical ... hypercalcemia) • Anemia ... osteolytic lesions and pathologic ... plus one of: • Anemia ... Diagnosis #Management #oncology
A red blood cell (red arrow) is seen crossing the basement membrane (blue arrow) and losing
A red blood cell ... acanthocyte #formation #pathology ... #clinical #pathophysiology
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
inclusions in the red blood ... the peripheral blood ... /megaloblastic anaemia ... #Clinical #Pathology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... the diastolic blood ... Well-conditioned athletes Pathologic ... iron deficiency anemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... • Aplastic anemia ... Clinical Presentation ... result from low blood ... #oncology #hematology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... of peripheral blood ... cultures, including blood ... likelihood of negative clinical ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
the peripheral blood ... Blast cells - Blood ... eosinophilia, basophilia ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
Anemia of Hospitalization ... - Pathophysiology ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... Hospitalization #causes #pathophysiology