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
Description: At centre of the picture abnormal promyelocyte with cleaved nucleus.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: promyelocyte
APL -peripheral blood 2
Description: Smear shows myeloblast with Auer rods.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: myeloblast, Auer rod
APL- peripheral blood 3
Description: "Faggot cell" in blood smear (bundles of Auer rods).
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: faggot cell
APL- peripheral blood 4
Description: Hypergranular promyelocyte with large reddish inclusion (pseudo Chediak-Higashi granule).
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: promyelocyte, hypergranulation
APL- peripheral blood 5
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
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
Description: At centre of the picture is "faggot cell" and myeloblast.
Type: peripheral blood
Klíčová slova*: myeloblast, faggot cell
APL- bone marrow 2
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
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
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