blood smear 2

[MudPhud20XX]

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From a question from Goljan Rapid Review Q bank. What do you guys think?

 

[Missorleans]

Is that a bunch of Auer rods in that white cell, bottom center?

 

[MudPhud20XX]

Is that a bunch of Auer rods in that white cell, bottom center?

It's actually Polycythemia vera

 

[thehundredthone]

That picture is called panmyelosis. Note that some of the large cells are megakaryocytes. You can see platelets budding off the one in the centre. Auer rods can be seen in myeloproliferative disorders as well.

Left to myself I wouldn't have guessed it though.