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[[Image:Auer_Rods_in_Leukemic_Blast_(2434847298).jpg | thumb | Micrograph showing an Auer rod in a blast. [[Wright stain]]. (WC)]] | [[Image:Auer_Rods_in_Leukemic_Blast_(2434847298).jpg | thumb | Micrograph showing an Auer rod in a blast. [[Wright stain]]. (WC)]] | ||
'''Auer rod''' a microscopic finding typical of some types of [[acute myeloid leukemia]] and seen in [[myelodysplastic | '''Auer rod''' a microscopic finding typical of some types of [[acute myeloid leukemia]] and seen in [[myelodysplastic syndromes]]. | ||
It may be referred to as an '''Auer body'''. | It may be referred to as an '''Auer body'''. | ||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Needle-like cytoplasmic bodies.<ref name=pmid15434012>{{Cite journal | last1 = ACKERMAN | first1 = GA. | title = Microscopic and histochemical studies on the Auer bodies in leukemic cells. | journal = Blood | volume = 5 | issue = 9 | pages = 847-63 | month = Sep | year = 1950 | doi = | PMID = 15434012 }}</ref> | *Needle-like cytoplasmic bodies - classic appearance.<ref name=pmid15434012>{{Cite journal | last1 = ACKERMAN | first1 = GA. | title = Microscopic and histochemical studies on the Auer bodies in leukemic cells. | journal = Blood | volume = 5 | issue = 9 | pages = 847-63 | month = Sep | year = 1950 | doi = | PMID = 15434012 }}</ref> | ||
**Other shapes: comma-like, diamond-like, rectangular. | **Other shapes: comma-like, diamond-like, rectangular, rarely glandular or corkscrew-like. | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
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==See als== | ==See als== | ||
*[[Acute myeloid leukemia]]. | *[[Acute myeloid leukemia]]. | ||
*[[Russell bodies]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||