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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... Rapidly rising blast cells ... -> AML: Blast crises ... : Granulocytic cells ... • Peripheral smear
Xanthelasma: Yellow deposits apparent above and below eyes, due to infiltration with fat laden cells. This
with fat laden cells ... Photo courtesy of ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... Hypercholesterolemia #Eyelids #UCSDH
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell Leukemia - Physical examination revealed multiple exophytic subcutaneous lesions involving the arms and
peripheral-blood smear ... revealed 25% plasma cells ... PlasmaCell #Leukemia #Smear ... #NEJM
The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
point to blister cells ... These cells are ... precursors of helmet cells ... The photo on the ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Clinical #Path #APL ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear ... #Microscopy #NEJM
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... size lymphoid cells ... Prolymphocytes #Smear
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
) - Two target cells ... seen in the left photo ... present in the left photo ... Target cells are ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Herpes Zoster: Herpes virus mediated infection that occurred in this patient receiving chemotherapy 
for an underlying
All vessicles in ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... Herpes #Zoster #V1 #UCSDH
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
point to helmet cells ... seen in the left photo ... cell, 2 blister cells ... In the right photo ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
photos show sickle ... blood smears. ... In the left photo ... , in the right photo ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear