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Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
#Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods # ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear ... #Microscopy #NEJM
The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
point to blister cells ... These cells are ... precursors of helmet cells ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytic leukemia (APL ... peripheral blood smear ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Rods #AuerRods #APL
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
peripheral blood smear ... appearance of red blood cells ... #Clinical #Path
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... Rapidly rising blast cells ... : Granulocytic cells ... Pruritis after hot bath ... • Peripheral smear
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
Codocytes (Target cells ... ) - Two target cells ... Target cells are ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell Leukemia - Physical examination revealed multiple exophytic subcutaneous lesions involving the arms and
peripheral-blood smear ... revealed 25% plasma cells ... PlasmaCell #Leukemia #Smear ... #NEJM
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
process whereby red cells ... individual’s red blood cells ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy