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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
linear red "Auer rod ... are typical for acute ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear # ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
Acute promyelocytic ... leukemia (blood ... features in most cases ... #leukemia #APL ... Hematology #Clinical #Smear
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
diagnosed with acute ... her peripheral blood ... also described in acute ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
smear or on bone ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... : Blast crises ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... • Peripheral smear
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Prolymphocytes In our case ... leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute ... Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Microscopy #Clinical #Blood
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
on Peripheral Blood ... Smear 23M Somali ... smear, acute and ... often experience acute ... #recurrentis #BloodSmear
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Physiologic Causes ... • Mitchell et al ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
malignancy (Especially acute ... ABO incompatible blood ... protein C and S Pathophysiology ... • Peripheral smear ... Treat primary cause
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
Hospitalization - Pathophysiology ... prolonged rest can cause ... lying down and can cause ... loss or acute anemia ... #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... complete paralysis of all ... normal CSF white blood ... the underlying pathophysiology