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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
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... #Microscopy #Auer ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
peripheral blood smear ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... #Microscopy #Auer ... Rods #AuerRods #APL
Hypercalcemia Evaluation Algorithm 

(PTH = parathyroid hormone; PTHrp: parathyroid hormone–related peptide.)

#Hypercalcemia #Evaluation #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Hypercalcemia Evaluation ... Algorithm (PTH ... #Hypercalcemia # ... Evaluation #Algorithm
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
peripheral blood smear ... #Clinical #Path ... #Microscopy #PeripheralBloodSmear
#Diagnosis #Differential #Hypercalcemia #PTH #Differential #Algorithm
#Differential #Hypercalcemia ... #PTH #Differential ... #Algorithm
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... High or Normal PTH ... Low PTH: • High ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Workup #nephrology #PTH
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... and Management PTH ... - Autoimmune: APS ... Signaling #Hypocalcemia ... #differential #algorithm
Here is another peripheral blood smear demonstrating changes with iron deficiency anemia. Note the increased zone
peripheral blood smear ... #Clinical #Path ... #Microscopy #PeripheralBloodSmear
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Hypercalcemia - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Elevated PTH (High ... Low PTH: • Elevated ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm