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Hypergranular acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Hypergranular acute promyelocytic leukemia.
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Author: Martin S. Tallman and Jessica K. Altman
Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and acute leukemia (WHO 2016) > Acute Myeloid Leukemia > Acute Myeloid Leukemia with recurrent genetic abnormalities > AML with t(15;17)(q22;q12); PML-RARA (and variants)
Published Date: 01/13/2013

The bone marrow aspirate shows numerous abnormal promyelocytes with prominent cytoplasmic granules, characteristic of hypergranular acute promyelocytic leukemia. Some of these cells exhibit reniform or bilobed nuclei, and several cells contain multiple Auer rods. The blood smear from this patient showed a pancytopenia with rare abnormal promyelocytes. Wright-Giemsa stain.