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Bone marrow biopsy shows myeloblasts. They are large irregular shaped cells with granular cytoplasm, a nucleus having coarsely clumped chromatin, and nucleoli (H&E stain, x200).
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Sudan black and myeloperoxidase (Figure 1). She was diagnosed as AML, M2 according to the FAB classification.
G-band bone marrow karyotype on diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia.
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A complex karyotype was found in 20 out of 20 metaphases: 47XX, del (20)(q11.2), tas (21;22) (q22;q13), +22 (Figure 2).
The MRI shows an enlarged pancreas, a hyperintense signal in T1-and T2-weighted image (A), suppressed image in fat-suppressed image (B).
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The abdominal MRI showed an enlarged pancreas, a hyperintense signal on T1-and T2-weighted image and low signal on fat-suppressed image (Figure 3A, B).