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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
leukemia (blood ... overt cytoplasmic granules ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... #APML #Pathology ... #Smear
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 ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear # ... Rods #AuerRods #APL
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
of crystallized granules ... are typical for acute ... myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Blood #Smear # ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CML, AML, APML ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... : Blasts APML ... distinctive primary granules ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... transformation to AML ... smear • Bone marrow ... progression to AML ... #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
• Peripheral smear ... Lymphocytosis: Absolute blood ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... diagnosis #workup #oncology ... #hematology