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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... peripheral blood smear ... rods in neutrophils ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
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How to distinguish a metamyelocyte from a band neutrophil.

- Kyle Bradley, MD
@KyleBradleyMD

#Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy #Blood #Smear
metamyelocyte from a band ... neutrophil ... Microscopy #Blood #Smear ... Metamyelocytes #Bands ... #Neutrophils #Comparison
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
a linear red "Auer ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear # ... Microscopy #Auer
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Post-splenectomy blood smear ... Howell-Jolly bodies and ... Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
cytoplasmic granules, and ... Auer rods. ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer ... Hematology #Clinical #Smear
The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
an acanthocyte and ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
Elliptocyte - 
Note the shape of these appropriately named erythrocytes.
In addition to hereditary elliptocytosis, elliptocytes can
sideroblastic anemia, and ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
Here is another peripheral blood smear demonstrating changes with iron deficiency anemia. Note the increased zone
peripheral blood smear ... central pallor and ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
, thalassemia, and ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
Stomatocyte - The appearance of stomatocytes with their oval or rectangular central pallor has been compared
a fish mouth, and ... acute alcoholism, and ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #