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Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
Plasma cell leukemia ... Aggressive disease ... rouleaux #formation #Clinical ... #Smear #Hematology ... #Pathology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Normal Blood Smear ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... #Hematology
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
I see all of these ... features in most cases ... leukemia #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical ... #Smear
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Megakaryopoiesis • B12 ... ITP • SLE • CLL ... Non-lmmune: • HELLP Syndrome ... #Hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... extramedullary disease ... • Peripheral smear ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Deficiency • B12 ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... peripheral blood smear ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... not required in all ... #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... workup #oncology #hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... → Refer to hematology ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... #Algorithm #hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory diagnosis ... non-specific red cell ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear