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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
linear red "Auer rod ... of crystallized granules ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
overt cytoplasmic granules ... , and Auer rods. ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer #Rods ... Hematology #Clinical #Smear
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
abundant cytoplasmic granules ... occasional Auer rods ... peripheral blood smear ... decreased secondary granules ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Auer Rods - Bone ... prominent Auer rods ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear
Inherited Qualitative Platelet Defects
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
 • Defect of adhesion due to a lack of GP Ib/IX/V
Large platelets on smear ... platelet clumping on smear ... Large platelets on smear ... of platelet α-granules ... colored platelets on smear
Dacrolith Eyelid Expression 
Chronic canuliculitis typically presents with recurrent unilateral epiphora and a pouting punctum. Other
form which are “concretion-like ... ” sulphur granules ... These sulphur granules ... anterior_seg_rocks #Dacrolith #granule
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... • Peripheral smear ... distinctive primary granules
Capnocytophaga spp on Culture and Blood Smear
Associated w/ dog/human oral flora, can cause bacteremia in immunocompromised
Culture and Blood Smear ... Gram negative rods ... Culture #Blood #Smear
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Gram-negative rod ... stain: Peripheral smear
Neoplastic plasma cells with nucleoli (left image) and intranuclear Dutcher body (right image).

Dutcher bodies are round,
appear somewhat granular ... Pathology #Clinical #Smear