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Sickle cell anemia and Howell Jolly bodies (nuclear remnants).

 - Dr. Abubaker Elshaikh
@ElshaikhMD

#SickleCell #HowellJolly #Body #Bodies
Sickle cell anemia ... and Howell Jolly bodies ... #Pathology #Hematology ... #Smear #Clinical ... #Microscopy
Beautiful acanthocytes/spur cells in a patient with McLeod Syndrome. X-linked disorder characterized by reduced expression of
acanthocytes/spur cells ... expression of Kell ... Michael Moravek, MD ... McLeod #Syndrome #Smear ... #Pathology #Microscopy
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
🔬Tumor cells are ... size lymphoid cells ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
petechiae) • Frequent infections ... Peripheral Smear ... • Parvovirus infection ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... Peripheral blood smear
Neoplastic plasma cells with nucleoli (left image) and intranuclear Dutcher body (right image).

Dutcher bodies are round,
Neoplastic plasma cells ... Kyle Bradley, MD ... #Intranuclear #Pathology ... #Clinical #Smear ... #Microscopy #PlasmaCells
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Lymphadenitis: 

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection rare in the US, but endemic in
systemic fungal infection ... Head&neck, Lymph Nodes ... seen within giant cells ... Lymphadenitis #Pathology ... LymphNode #Clinical #Microscopy
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
• Peripheral smear ... lymphocytes, smudge cells ... Complications: 1) Infection ... Transformation to large cell ... Lauren Banaszak, MD
Grouped Pustules on an Erythematous Base - On physical examination, grouped, coalescing pustules that had scalloped
stain (Tzanck smear ... multinucleated giant cells ... human herpesvirus infection ... Clinical #Derm #Pathology ... #Microscopy #NEJM
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (MDR-TB ... macrophages and T cells ... Langerhans giant cells ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
Tongue Pathology ... with a candidal infection ... e.g., granular cell ... leukoplakia or squamous cell ... Satyendra Dhar MD