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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
linear red "Auer rod ... of crystallized granules ... acute myelogenous leukemia ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods ... #AuerRods #AML
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
abundant cytoplasmic granules ... promyelocytic leukemia ... decreased secondary granules ... acute myeloid leukemia ... #AuerRods #APL
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia ... overt cytoplasmic granules ... , and Auer rods. ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer #Rods ... promyelocytic #leukemia
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... leukemias > 20% ... Chronic leukemia ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... distinctive primary granules