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Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory diagnosis ... smear changes are ... #Pathology #Smear
Indications for Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP)
 • Suspected multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, primary amyloidosis, or related
• Unexplained peripheral ... bleeding) • Rouleaux ... formations noted on peripheral ... blood smear • ... #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
: • Peripheral ... smear → small rnature-appearing ... immunophenotype Clinical ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
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 ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... cytometry • Peripheral ... smear: Smudge cells ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
Babesiosis on Peripheral ... hematuria, H/A. diagnosis ... inclusions, improved clinically ... and spur cells, +rouleoux ... #microti #clinical
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... D-Dimer: ↑ • Peripheral ... smear: Schistocytes ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... treatment #management #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia Clinical ... anemia) Labs: • Peripheral ... Aplastic #Anemia #oncology ... #hematology #diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
bone marrow and peripheral ... Smear: • Dysplastic ... blood smear • ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... ridging around the periphery ... Diagnosis? ... #Plasmacytoma #Oncology ... #Hematology