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Rouleaux formation is common in IgM gammopathy and may be particularly striking

Genevieve Crane, MD, PhD@evemariecrane

#Rouleaux #formation
Rouleaux formation ... #Rouleaux #formation ... gammopathy #MGUS #Clinical ... #Pathology #Hematology ... #Smear
Plasma cell leukemia with extensive rouleaux formation. Aggressive disease & patients typically younger than other forms
extensive rouleaux formation ... leukemia #rouleaux #formation ... #Clinical #Smear ... #Hematology #Pathology
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
neutrophil in a case of acute ... neutrophils #AML #Clinical ... #Hematology #Pathology ... #Smear
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
Acute promyelocytic ... #Auer #Rods #Acute ... leukemia #APL #APML #Pathology ... #Hematology #Clinical ... #Smear
Autoagglutination should also be distinguished from “Rouleaux formation” wherein normal blood tends to form stacks on
from “Rouleaux formation ... #Clinical #Pathology ... #Blood #Smear # ... Microscopy #Rouleaux #Formation ... #Hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory diagnosis ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
response to a fungal ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Griseofulvin #Kerion #Dermatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
ISTH Scoring System for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Platelet count:
 • Expected: Low (or normal)
 • Elevation
accelerate thrombin formation ... fibrinogen is also an acute-phase ... reactant Blood smear ... ISTH #Scoring #diagnosis ... #hematology #laboratory
Indications for Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP)
 • Suspected multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, primary amyloidosis, or related
) • Rouleaux formations ... peripheral blood smear ... • Unexplained pathologic ... Electrophoresis #SPEP #Hematology ... #Diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
malignancy (Especially acute ... organ damage Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #hematology