Q. Can you tell me the morphological features of AML M0 and M1 blasts versus ALL blasts to differentiate the two?
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Q. What stain is used for demonstrating Auer rods in myeloblasts? Myeloperoxidase or PAS?
Q. I’m currently doing a research report on acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and I was wondering, are cytomorphology and cytochemistry important in the diagnosis of ALL?
Just as there are many different types of myeloid cells (neutrophils, red cells, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils), there are many different types of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Two types of AML are composed almost entirely of cells of the monocytic series: acute monoblastic leukemia and acute monocytic leukemia. In both of these types of AML, [...]
When you’re faced with an acute leukemia composed entirely of blasts, one way to figure out the identity of those blasts is to use cytochemical stains.
