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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 ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Auer Rods - Bone ... #Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods # ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear ... #Microscopy #NEJM
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
abundant cytoplasmic granules ... peripheral blood smear ... decreased secondary granules ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
overt cytoplasmic granules ... , and Auer rods. ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer #Rods ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... Hematology #Clinical #Smear
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... Pruritis after hot bath ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... • Peripheral smear ... distinctive primary granules