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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 ... #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 # ... #Smear #Microscopy
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 ... #Smear #Microscopy ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia (blood ... granules, and Auer ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer ... APML #Pathology #Hematology ... #Clinical #Smear
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
There are many definitions, but most come down to the presence of granulomas (pathologically or
ANCA-Associated ... Vasculitis There are ... pathologically or clinically ... inflammation: • Microscopic ... #Vasculitis #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... ): • Microscopic ... pulses, bruis, or blood ... Large Vessel: Blood ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
smear or on bone ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... • Peripheral smear ... #Leukemia #Hematology
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 ... What diseases are ... #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... abnormal under a microscope ... count with differential ... smear • Bone marrow ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology