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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytic leukemia (APL ... In addition to APL ... myeloid leukemia (AML ... ) t(8;21), AML with ... #Clinical #Path
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
typical for acute ... myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CML, AML, APML ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Pruritis after hot bath ... Lymphadenopathy AML
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
#Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods # ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
leukemia (blood ... I see all of these ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute ... Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
of light-chain (AL ... under polarized microscopy ... #amyloidosis #clinical ... #photo #AL #lightchain ... #NEJM
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
I - ICU level care ... outcomes Hayat et. al ... TEG -> dec. in blood ... presentation AL ... not initiate in acute
Aldosteronoma — Spironolactone Bodies 

1. Spironolactone is often used to treat hypertension caused by hyperaldosteronism, and
study by Patel et al ... Red blood cells ... gland (Patel et al ... Bodies #Pathology #Clinical ... #Gross #Microscopy
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
Acute Dacryocystitis ... In rare instances ... Cultures of urine, blood ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #peds #acute