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Rouleaux formation is common in IgM gammopathy and may be particularly striking

Genevieve Crane, MD, PhD@evemariecrane

#Rouleaux #formation
Rouleaux formation ... evemariecrane #Rouleaux ... #formation #IgM ... gammopathy #MGUS #Clinical ... #Pathology #Hematology
Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
with extensive rouleaux ... formation. ... #formation #Clinical ... #Smear #Hematology ... #Pathology
Autoagglutination should also be distinguished from “Rouleaux formation” wherein normal blood tends to form stacks on
formation” wherein ... normal blood tends ... dilution with normal ... #Clinical #Pathology ... #Formation #Hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... significant fibrin clot formation ... Thrombocytopenia - Normal ... - APTT < 1.5 x normal ... treatment #management #hematology
Indications for Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP)
 • Suspected multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, primary amyloidosis, or related
fatigue, bone pain, abnormal ... bleeding) • Rouleaux ... formations noted ... • Unexplained pathologic ... Electrophoresis #SPEP #Hematology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... mainly in the oral ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... #Plasmacytoma #Oncology ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology