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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 ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
(blood). ... granules, and Auer ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer ... #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 ... , Auer rods in neutrophils ... #Clinical #Path ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
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 ... #Hematology #Oncology
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
acute myeloid leukemia ... Dysplastic neutrophils are ... #neutrophils #AML ... #Clinical #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
large numbers and are ... Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... Lymphocytosis: Absolute blood ... workup #oncology #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... smear • Bone marrow ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
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 ... Tissue damage • Leukemia ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
From Blood Cancer ... acute myeloid leukemia ... (AML). ... importance of clinical ... #algorithm #hematology