Morphology Monday | Case MM250908
This week’s case comes from a 29-year-old male who returned from a recent trip abroad. He presented to the emergency department with fever, chills, sweats, headache, and general malaise.
MM250901: Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis (HPP)
The blood film demonstrated striking red cell fragmentation with marked anisopoikilocytosis, microspherocytes, and budding cells, giving an appearance reminiscent of thermal burns – a hallmark of Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis (HPP).
Morphology Monday | Case MM250901
This week’s Morphology Monday comes from a 6 year old child who has been experiencing chronic anaemia with intermittent jaundice.
MM250818: Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
The blood film showed red cell fragmentation with schistocytes and occasional microspherocytes. ADAMTS13 activity was normal, helping to exclude thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP).
Morphology Monday | Case MM250818
This week’s case comes from a 35-year-old male who presented with fatigue and pallor, easy bruising, and reduced urine output.
MM250804: Multiple myeloma
This week’s case explored a blood film from a patient with known multiple myeloma, now presenting with progressive symptoms and worsening cytopenias.
Morphology Monday | Case MM250804
This week’s case comes from a 69 year old male presenting with a increasing fatigue and back back over the past several months. He has also experiences recurrent infections recently.
MM250728: Sickle cell disease
This week’s Morphology Monday case features a patient with known Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Morphology Monday | Case MM250728
This week’s Morphology Monday case comes from a 26-year-old individual with a known history of anaemia who presented to A&E with generalised fatigue, mild jaundice, and bone pain in the lower limbs.
MM250721: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
The findings are highly suggestive of an acute leukaemia, and given the age of the patient it raises a strong suspicion for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)