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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
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
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
smear indicates ... cells, with a zone ... the size of the RBC ... #Clinical #Path ... #Microscopy #PeripheralBloodSmear
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
process whereby red cells ... individual’s red blood ... cells (RBCs or ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #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 ... Pruritis after hot bath ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... • Peripheral smear
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
process whereby red cells ... individual’s red blood ... cells (RBCs or ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Blood Disorders ... Acute • Myloid (AML ... , Sudan Black, Auer ... • Lymphoid (ALL ... bcr-able (+) ↑ WBC
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 ... smear • Bone marrow ... progression to AML