8 results
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 ... #Smear #Microscopy ... #APL
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia (blood ... I see all of these ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... #APML #Pathology ... #Smear
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy ... #AML
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Auer Rods - Bone ... had prominent Auer ... #Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods # ... #Smear #Microscopy
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
smear or on bone ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... • Peripheral smear ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Blood Disorders ... Acute • Myloid (AML ... , Sudan Black, Auer ... • Lymphoid (ALL ... #Disorders #hematology
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... involve one, two, or all ... transformation to AML ... progression to AML ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology