Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Blasts with Auer Rods

Clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia: leukocytosis 207×10⁹/L, 92% blasts in blood smear, Auer rods, comparison of manual and automated staining.

Darya Todzhaeva 1 min June 20, 2020

Blood smear (manual staining), cluster of myeloblasts with prominent nucleoli

Blood smear with manual staining, blast cells with azurophilic granulation

Blood smear, manual staining: group of myeloblasts and cellular debris

Blood smear (manual staining), blasts with Auer rods in the cytoplasm

Blood smear with manual staining, blast cells and a neutrophil

Blood smear (manual staining), monomorphic population of myeloblasts

Blood smear with automated staining, blasts with distinct nucleoli

Blood smear (automated staining), field of view with abundant blast cells

Woman, 68 years old, from the polyclinic HGB - 102 g/L RBC - 3.16 million/µL PLT - 112 thousand/µL WBC - 207.2 thousand/µL Blasts 92%, azurophilic granulation and Auer rods Cytogenetics and immunophenotyping were not performed. No other anamnestic data available. Photos 1-6 manual staining, 7-8 automated.

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