Oncohematology

Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Blasts in Pleural Fluid

A clinical case of recurrent acute myeloid leukemia: detection of blasts in pleural fluid using cytocentrifugation and flow cytometry.

🇮🇱 A clinical case from Israel. Relapse of acute myeloblastic leukemia with pleural involvement and detection of blasts in pleural fluid. The patient is 71 years old. The smear was prepared using a cytospin. Confirmation by immunophenotyping (IPT). Blasts - red arrows, red population on the graph in the blast region, positive for CD34, CD33. Monocytes/histiocytes/macrophages - blue arrows, blue population in the monocyte region, positive for CD64, CD33. Lymphocytes - black arrows, gray population in the lymphocyte region, positive for CD3. Mesothelial cells - green arrows.

🙏 The case was kindly provided by the Head of the Morphology/IPT Department of the HaEmek Medical Center Laboratory, Afula, Israel - Anna Belen.