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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
the peripheral blood ... smear or on bone ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... Pruritis after hot bath ... • Peripheral smear
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
#Clinical #Path ... #APL #AuerRods # ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear ... #Microscopy #NEJM
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
a bone marrow (BM ... and started on all-trans ... her peripheral blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
promyelocytic leukemia (blood ... I see all of these ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... #APML #Pathology ... Hematology #Clinical #Smear
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL ... Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... Microscopy #Clinical #Blood
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
myelogenous leukemia (AML ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
African Trypanosomiasis - The examination was notable for the two erythematous lesions, each measuring 3 to
A peripheral-blood ... smear revealed ... Clinical #Derm #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy ... TrypanosomaBrucei #NEJM
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell Leukemia - Physical examination revealed multiple exophytic subcutaneous lesions involving the arms and
arm) and chest wall ... A peripheral-blood ... smear revealed ... PlasmaCell #Leukemia #Smear ... #NEJM
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Transfusing blood ... Blood saves lives ... in critically ill ... ALI is the deadliest ... /vmoitra) #EBM
Peripheral-Blood Smear. A peripheral-blood smear (Wright’s stain) shows spherocytes (selectively indicated by arrows). #Clinical #Pathology #Spherocytosis
Peripheral-Blood ... Smear. ... smear (Wright’s ... #Clinical #Pathology ... HereditarySpherocytosis #NEJM