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Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood ... Smear Analysis ... Sickled red cells ... #hematology #microscopy ... interpretation #clinical
Sickle cell anemia and Howell Jolly bodies (nuclear remnants).

 - Dr. Abubaker Elshaikh
@ElshaikhMD

#SickleCell #HowellJolly #Body #Bodies
Sickle cell anemia ... Bodies #Pathology #Hematology ... #Smear #Clinical ... #Microscopy
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
(T-PLL) not Acute ... Myeloid Leukemia ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
smear or on bone ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Peripheral smear ... more aggressive form ... #Hematology #Oncology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... #Hematology #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytes, anemia ... her peripheral blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
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 ... syndromes with single-lineage ... smear • Bone marrow
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... Lymphocytosis: Absolute blood ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... workup #oncology #hematology
Autoagglutination should also be distinguished from “Rouleaux formation” wherein normal blood tends to form stacks on
tends to form stacks ... #Clinical #Pathology ... #Blood #Smear # ... Microscopy #Rouleaux ... #Formation #Hematology
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
smears the small ... autosplenectomy in sickle ... thalassemia, and leukemia ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood