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Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
#Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods # ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear ... #Microscopy #NEJM
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
treatment, her peripheral ... In addition to APL ... #Clinical #Path ... #Rods #AuerRods ... #APL
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... #Rods #AuerRods ... #AML
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CML, AML, APML ... blood smear or ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Pruritis after hot bath ... smear: Blasts
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
Diagnosis Algorithm ... 12-13 g/dL, • ANC ... BMP, uric acid, peripheral ... smear, reticulocyte ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Reticulocytes • Abnormal peripheral ... smear Immune-mediated ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Smear ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... plateletcount), peripheral ... blood smear, HIV ... not required in all ... dysplasia on the smear
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... by ordering a peripheral ... smear, a reticulocyte ... serum level for all ... #Homocysteine #Algorithm