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Peripheral blood smear demonstrating many primitive cells with round and lobated nuclei and moderately abundant cytoplasm with numerous cytoplasmic granules. Auer rods were readily identified; some cells had multiple Auer rods. A classic appearance for APL.
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Review of peripheral blood smear (Figure 1) demonstrated many primitive cells with round and lobated nuclei, numerous cytoplasmic granules with Auer rods readily identified, and some cells with multiple Auer rods.
MRI Brain FLAIR images demonstrating multicompartmental hemorrhages and leptomeningeal enhancement.
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