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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
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
granules, and Auer ... I see all of these ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer ... APML #Pathology #Hematology ... #Clinical #Smear
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
Pity this Giant Pronormoblast from an elderly pt w pure red cell aplasia. In the proper
context, these are ... vacuolated w small "dog ear ... Pathology #Smear #Microscopy ... #Hematology #Clinical
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... smear changes are ... D-dimer, egg) are ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... Pathology #Smear #Microscopy
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... When Cancer Cells are ... lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL ... #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 ... The ANA patterns are ... What diseases are ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... Band neutrophils are ... on the left Myeloblast ... likelihood of negative clinical ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Syndrome: • Clinical ... diseases: - 10% SLE ... vasculitis - GPA, EGPA, microscopic ... erythematosus (SLE ... classification #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... polarized light microscopy ... antibodies, which are ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... diagnosis #testing #Rheumatology