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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Falciparum Blood Smear ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... P. falciparum causes ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
are typical for acute ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy ... Rods #AuerRods #AML
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
diagnosed with acute ... treatment, her peripheral ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
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 ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... #Kidney #Injury
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
recurrentis on Peripheral ... often experience acute ... #recurrentis #BloodSmear ... #microscopy #pathology ... #clinical
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... jaundice ​• Neuro: AMS ... phase: Peripheral ... smear - Cocci &
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
malignancy (Especially acute ... organ damage Clinical ... Bleeding (64%) • Renal ... D-Dimer: ↑ • Peripheral ... smear: Schistocytes
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Manifestations: Renal ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... polarized light microscopy
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Filariasis caused ... The acute phase ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear # ... microscopy