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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
(blood). ... features in most cases ... #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical ... #Smear
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
(APL) following ... hospitalization and treatment ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear # ... #AuerRods #APL
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
acute myelogenous leukemia ... (AML) that is most ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear # ... #AuerRods #AML
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
: ALL, CML, AML, ... APML, CLL Acute ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... : Blasts APML ... #Hematology #Oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... transformation to AML ... • Hairy Cell Leukemia ... progression to AML ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... ABO incompatible blood ... protein C and S Pathophysiology ... • Peripheral smear ... #hematology