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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
blasts in the peripheral ... blood smear or ... smear: Blasts ... #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood ... : Sickle cell disease ... #Blood #Smear # ... Analysis #hematology ... #microscopy #interpretation
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
(T-PLL) not Acute ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Blood
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Diagnosis: • ... cytometry • Peripheral ... smear: Smudge cells ... Lymphocytosis: Absolute blood ... #oncology #hematology
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell Leukemia - Physical examination revealed multiple exophytic subcutaneous lesions involving the arms and
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell ... Leukemia - Physical ... A peripheral-blood ... 25% plasma cells ... #Smear #NEJM
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... and laboratory diagnosis ... non-specific red cell ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Microscopy
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
: • Peripheral ... smear → small rnature-appearing ... lymphocytes, smudge cells ... #oncology #hematology ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Smear: • Dysplastic ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... blood smear • ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... and started on all-trans ... treatment, her peripheral ... blood smear showed ... #Smear #Microscopy
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
- Differential Diagnosis ... the total white blood ... similarly to mast cells ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #hematology