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Clinical Medicine & Research
Volume 3, Number 1 : 34
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The Aperture

Auer Rods Galore!

Joseph J. Mazza, MD

Department of Hematology/Oncology, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 N. Oak Avenue, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449. Telephone: 715-387-5426; Fax: 715-389-3808; Email: mazza.joseph{at}marshfieldclinic.org

Abstract

The diagnostic intracellular inclusions (Auer rods) found in this touch preparation of a core bone marrow biopsy helped provide basis for the diagnosis in this case.

The patient, a 48-year-old man, presented with increasing fatigue and pancytopenia. A bone marrow biopsy demonstrated a marked increase in hypergranular, immature myeloid cells, as well as a plethora of Auer rods. The diagnosis was confirmed by cytogenetic studies which showed a C15:17 translocation [t(15:17)].

Key Words: Bone marrow cells • Bone marrow examination • Pancytopenia • Asthenia


Diagnosis – Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

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