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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
a bone marrow (BM ... treatment, her peripheral ... blood smear showed ... #Clinical #Path ... #Microscopy #Auer
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
blood smear or ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... 50-60 • Auer Rods ... smear: Blasts ... lymphoma #Leukemia
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
(AML). ... to medium size lymphoid ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Clinical
 - Primarily a disease of childhood, 75% <6 yo
 - Increased
Leukemia/Lymphoblastic ... Lymphoma Clinical ... disease with limited BM ... lauraebrown #BCell ... #pathology #prognosis
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
Anaplastic large ... cell lymphoma, ... ALK+ Clinical ... variant can have leukemic ... ALKPos #hemepath #pathology
Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma involving hepatic sinusoids.

HSTL also involves BM sinusoids and splenic red pulp cords and
lymphoma involving ... also involves BM ... in essentially all ... #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Oncology #Clinical
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Smear: • Dysplastic ... Causes • Anemia • Aplastic ... Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia ... Leukemia • Idiopathic ... blood smear