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Pity this Giant Pronormoblast from an elderly pt w pure red cell aplasia. In the proper
pure red cell aplasia ... Nuclei enlarged w viral ... #Parvovirus #Pathology ... Smear #Microscopy #Hematology ... #Clinical
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... 9343(12)00450-0/abstract ... likelihood of negative clinical ... #differential # ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... • hemolytic anemia ... younger pts) Differential ... #hematology #diagnosis
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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multiple myeloma • Plasma ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Plasma cell neoplasms ... plasmacytoma) Clinical ... • No CRAB - no anemia ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology