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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
, immature myeloblasts ... a linear red "Auer ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
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 # ... Auer #AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
with occasional Auer ... consistent with Auer ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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): • Microscopic ... and often causes arthritis ... +MPO) • Cryoglobulinemic ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic ... Low levels mixed cryoglobulinemia
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Syndrome: • Clinical ... arthralgia, and arthritis ... DDX: • ANCA (Antineutrophil ... vasculitis - GPA, EGPA, microscopic ... SLE), rheumatoid arthritis
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Using fluorescence microscopy ... likely it will be clinically ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... What diseases are ... #patterns #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis ... )): Microscopic ... and often causes arthritis ... + MPO) Cryoglobulinemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... polarized light microscopy ... antibodies, which are ... ACE level, CXR, ANCA ... and RF (if clinical