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A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
promyelocytes, anemia ... peripheral blood smear ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... #AuerRods #APL
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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
linear red "Auer rod ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods ... #AuerRods #AML
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
granules, and Auer rods ... I see all of these ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer #Rods ... #Hematology #Clinical ... #Smear
Elliptocyte - 
Note the shape of these appropriately named erythrocytes.
In addition to hereditary elliptocytosis, elliptocytes can
megaloblastic anemia ... myelophthisic anemia ... sideroblastic anemia ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
metaplasia, pernicious anemia ... some hemolytic anemias ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Here is another peripheral blood smear demonstrating changes with iron deficiency anemia. Note the increased zone
peripheral blood smear ... iron deficiency anemia ... #Clinical #Path ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear #Anemia
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
with hemolytic anemias ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
seen in hemolytic anemias ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... Clinical conditions ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
This smear was from ... and hemolytic anemias ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
peripheral blood smears ... trait do very well clinically ... no significant anemia ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear