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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 ... rod" composed of ... acute myelogenous leukemia ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
rods. ... promyelocytic leukemia ... acute myeloid leukemia ... mixed lineage leukemia ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Evaluation of Leukocytosis:
The term 'leukocyte' applies to any cells within the myeloblast, monoblast, & lymphoid lineages.
Include
cells within the myeloblast ... Neutrophil bands ... #LEUCOCYTOSIS #LEUKEMOIDREACTION ... #BANDS #NEUTROPHILS ... #WCC #BASOPHILS
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... Chronic leukemia ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Age: 50-60 • Auer ... Rods Significant
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
significant: > 10% Band ... Band neutrophils ... to right with bands ... on the left Myeloblast ... Tissue damage • Leukemia