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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 ... myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... #AuerRods #AML
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... In addition to APL ... ) t(8;21), AML with ... #Clinical #Path ... #AuerRods #APL
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Auer Rods - Bone ... prominent Auer rods ... #Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods #
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... cutaneous plaques) AML ... distinctive primary granules ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis