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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytic leukemia (APL ... In addition to APL ... myeloid leukemia (AML ... ) t(8;21), AML with ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
leukemia (blood ... overt cytoplasmic granules ... I see all of these ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... #APML #Pathology
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
are typical for acute ... myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Dacrolith Eyelid Expression 
Chronic canuliculitis typically presents with recurrent unilateral epiphora and a pouting punctum. Other
These sulphur granules ... this patient, her ... By Bennett & Bloom ... #granule #Eyelid ... #Dysfunction #clinical
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Lymphadenopathy AML ... cutaneous plaques) AML ... distinctive primary granules
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute ... Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... Pathology #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Blood
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
Resuscitation/Restrictive (Critical ... outcomes Hayat et. al ... TEG -> dec. in blood ... presentation AL ... not initiate in acute
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... smear, acute and ... often experience acute ... #recurrentis #BloodSmear ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

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

Interestingly,
adversely affecting all ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... lying down (Fox et al ... loss or acute anemia
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM/d) ± blood ... - produced by all