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DOl: 10.55O5/tjh.2O12.72324
Myeloma Cells with Auer Rod-like Inclusions Auer Çuhugu Benzen ínklüzyonlara Sahip Myeloma Hücreleri Abbas Hashim Abdulsalam^ Fatin Mohammed Al-yassin^ 'Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Teaching Laboratories Department, Hematology Unit, Baghdad, Iraq ^Baghdad Medical City, Teaching Laboratories, Hematology Department, Baghdad, Iraq
Myeloma cells with Auer-rod like inclusions
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient.
Analysis of bone marrow aspirate obtained from a Conflict of Interest Statement 47-year-old female that presented with backache showed that she had IgG-K-type multiple myeloma and renal The authors of this paper have no conflicts of interest, impairment. FBG showed the following: Hb: 100 g L"'; including specific financial interests, relationships, and/ Hct: 0.34 1/1; WBG: 9.5 x 10^ L'^; platelet count: 194 x 10*^ or affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials L"^; differential count: normal. included. The presented image showings heavily granulated Reference myeloma cells, some with Auer rod-like inclusions. Auer rod-like inclusions in myeloma are composed of crystal- 1. Hutter G, Nowak D, Blau IW, Thiel F: Auer rod like intracytoplasmic inclusions in multiple myeloma. A case lized lysosomal enzyme depositions. They are distinreport and review of literature. IntJ Lab Hematol 2009; 31: guished from intracytoplasmic immunoglobulin crystals. 236-240 The factors that predispose to Auer rod-like inclusions in myeloma are unknown; however, in all reported cases paraprotein was of the kappa type. [1]
Figure 1 : Heavily granulated myeloma cells, some with Auer rod-like granules. Address for Correspondence: Abbas Hasbim ABDULSALAM, M.D., Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital 964 Baghdad, Iraq Phone: +90 954 7904 188690 E-mail: [email protected] Received/Gelij tarihi : March 21, 2011 Accepted/Kabu! tarihi : May 3, 2011
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DOl: 10.55O5/tjh.2O12.72324
Myeloma Cells with Auer Rod-like Inclusions Auer Çuhugu Benzen ínklüzyonlara Sahip Myeloma Hücreleri Abbas Hashim Abdulsalam^ Fatin Mohammed Al-yassin^ 'Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Teaching Laboratories Department, Hematology Unit, Baghdad, Iraq ^Baghdad Medical City, Teaching Laboratories, Hematology Department, Baghdad, Iraq
Myeloma cells with Auer-rod like inclusions
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient.
Analysis of bone marrow aspirate obtained from a Conflict of Interest Statement 47-year-old female that presented with backache showed that she had IgG-K-type multiple myeloma and renal The authors of this paper have no conflicts of interest, impairment. FBG showed the following: Hb: 100 g L"'; including specific financial interests, relationships, and/ Hct: 0.34 1/1; WBG: 9.5 x 10^ L'^; platelet count: 194 x 10*^ or affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials L"^; differential count: normal. included. The presented image showings heavily granulated Reference myeloma cells, some with Auer rod-like inclusions. Auer rod-like inclusions in myeloma are composed of crystal- 1. Hutter G, Nowak D, Blau IW, Thiel F: Auer rod like intracytoplasmic inclusions in multiple myeloma. A case lized lysosomal enzyme depositions. They are distinreport and review of literature. IntJ Lab Hematol 2009; 31: guished from intracytoplasmic immunoglobulin crystals. 236-240 The factors that predispose to Auer rod-like inclusions in myeloma are unknown; however, in all reported cases paraprotein was of the kappa type. [1]
Figure 1 : Heavily granulated myeloma cells, some with Auer rod-like granules. Address for Correspondence: Abbas Hasbim ABDULSALAM, M.D., Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital 964 Baghdad, Iraq Phone: +90 954 7904 188690 E-mail: [email protected] Received/Gelij tarihi : March 21, 2011 Accepted/Kabu! tarihi : May 3, 2011
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