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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
large, immature myeloblasts ... a linear red "Auer ... acute myelogenous leukemia ... Path #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytes, anemia ... promyelocytic leukemia ... her peripheral blood ... Path #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood ... Megaloblastic Anemia ... , Thalassemia Basophilic ... #Peripheral #Blood ... Analysis #hematology #microscopy
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
the peripheral blood ... eosinophilia, basophilia ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... - infiltrates (anemia
Evaluation of Leukocytosis:
The term 'leukocyte' applies to any cells within the myeloblast, monoblast, & lymphoid lineages.
Include
cells within the myeloblast ... eosinophils, & basophils ... defined as white blood ... in peripheral blood ... NEUTROPHILS #WCC #BASOPHILS
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... abnormal under the microscope
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Bandemia Overview ... of peripheral blood ... on the left Myeloblast ... Tissue damage • Leukemia ... cultures, including blood