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.
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.
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)
This week’s case features a 14-year-old male who had just celebrated his birthday when he presented to hospital with an abnormal full blood count and some concerning symptoms.
This week’s case featured a patient with Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma (SMZL) a rare, indolent B-cell lymphoma typically involving the spleen, bone marrow, and peripheral blood
…a patient who presented with fatigue and splenomegaly on examination. Routine bloods showed a significant lymphocytosis, prompting further investigation.
The findings are strongly suggestive of acute leukaemia of myeloid origin, though further flow cytometry and molecular testing are essential for classification.
a patient who presented with a gastrointestinal (GI) bleed and was started on tranexamic acid (TXA) as part of their management.
This week’s case focused on an adult male with a platelet count in the 54×0⁹/L, identified during routine testing. The patient was asymptomatic, with no significant bleeding history, and haemoglobin and white cell counts were within normal limits. A blood film was reviewed as part of the thrombocytopaenia workup and revealed characteristic findings consistent with…
Today’s case involves an adult male whose blood film was reviewed following an unexpected finding on a routine full blood count.
CML is a myeloproliferative neoplasm driven by the BCR:ABL1 fusion gene