Acute promyelocytic leukaemia

Autor*: J. Kissová

Description:
18-years old girl with fever, pancytopenia and coagulopathy. In peripheral blood smear typical cells for promyelocytic leukaemia was found. Diagnosis was proved by bone marrow picture and PML/RARA fusion gene.

Zařazení*:
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (AML with t(15;17)(q22;q12), (PML/RAR alfa) and variants)

Přílohy*:

APL- peripheral blood 1
At centre of the picture abnormal  promyelocyte with cleaved nucleus. / Uprostřed snímku abnormální promyelocyt s rozštěpeným jádrem. Description: At centre of the picture abnormal promyelocyte with cleaved nucleus.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: promyelocyte
APL -peripheral blood 2
Smear shows myeloblast with Auer rods. / Nátěr ukazuje myeloblast s přítomností Auerových tyčí. Description: Smear shows myeloblast with Auer rods.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: myeloblast, Auer rod
APL- peripheral blood 3
"Faggot cell" in blood smear (bundles of Auer rods). / Přítomnost "faggot cell" v nátěru periferní krve (snopce Auerových tyčí). Description: "Faggot cell" in blood smear (bundles of Auer rods).
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: faggot cell
APL- peripheral blood 4
Hypergranular promyelocyte with large reddish inclusion (pseudo Chediak-Higashi granule). / Hypergranulovaný promyelocyt s objemnou inkluzí (pseudo Chediak- Higashiho granula). Description: Hypergranular promyelocyte with large reddish inclusion (pseudo Chediak-Higashi granule).
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: promyelocyte, hypergranulation
APL- peripheral blood 5
At top is abnormal promyelocyte with large numerous granules, in comparison below is mature basophil. / Nahoře abnormální promyelocyt s objemnou početnou granulací, ke srovnání dole zralý bazofil. Description: At top is abnormal promyelocyte with large numerous granules, in comparison below is mature basophil.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: promyelocyte, basophil
APL- peripheral blood 6
Pseudo Chediak-Higashi granule in hypergranulated promyelocyte. Two mature lymphocytes with short polar villi, but along the spread (artificial). / Pseudo Chediak- Higashiho granula u hypergranulovaného promyelocytu. Dva zralé lymfocyty s krátkými "vlásky" na pólech buňky, ale ve směru nátěru (arteficiálně). Description: Pseudo Chediak-Higashi granule in hypergranulated promyelocyte. Two mature lymphocytes with short polar villi, but along the spread (artificial).
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: promyelocyte, lymphocyte, hypergranulation
APL- bone marrow 1
At centre  of the picture is "faggot cell" and myeloblast. / Uprostřed snímku "faggot cell" a myeloblast. Description: At centre of the picture is "faggot cell" and myeloblast.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: myeloblast, faggot cell
APL- bone marrow 2
Smear  shows  "faggot cells" with numerous Auer rods, myeloblasts and above to the left hypergranulated myelocyte. / Nátěr ukazuje "faggot cells" s početnými Auerovými tyčemi, vlevo nahoře hypergranulovaný myelocyt. Description: Smear shows "faggot cells" with numerous Auer rods, myeloblasts and above to the left hypergranulated myelocyte.
Type: bone marrow
Klíčová slova*: myelocyte, Auer rod, faggot cell, hypergranulation
APL- bone marrow 3
At centre of the picture are two "faggot cells"  on the right, two abnormal hypergranular promyelocytes on the left-  one with cleaved or bilobated nucleus. Below are two hypergranular myelocytes with large reddish inclusions- upper myelocyt with cleaved nucleus, both of them are impaired. / Uprostřed snímku jsou dvě "faggot cells" vpravo, dva abnormální hypergranulované promyelocyty vlevo- jeden s rozštěpeným nebo dvoulaločnatým jádrem. Pod nimi dva hypergranulované myelocyty s objemnými inkluzemi- horní buňka s rozštěpeným jádrem, obě jsou poškozené. Description: At centre of the picture are two "faggot cells" on the right, two abnormal hypergranular promyelocytes on the left- one with cleaved or bilobated nucleus. Below are two hypergranular myelocytes with large reddish inclusions- upper myelocyt with cleaved nucleus, both of them are impaired.
Type: bone marrow
Klíčová slova*: myelocyte, faggot cell, hypergranulation
APL- bone marrow 4
Smear show typical pathological cells of acute promyelocytic leukamia - hypergranulated abnormal promyelocyte and "faggot cells". Rest of cells are  two normoblasts and damaged cells. / Nález ukazuje typické patologické elementy akutní promyelocytární leukémie- hypergranulované abnormální  promyelocyty a tzv."faggot cells". Zbytek buněk tvoří dva normoblasty a rozbité buňky. Description: Smear show typical pathological cells of acute promyelocytic leukamia - hypergranulated abnormal promyelocyte and "faggot cells". Rest of cells are two normoblasts and damaged cells.
Type: bone marrow
Klíčová slova*: faggot cell