[A woman with shortness of breath and butterfly shaped cell nuclei].
A 53-year-old woman with respiratory discomfort came to the Emergency Department. The blood smear, made because of a new thrombocytopenia, showed leukocytes with butterfly-shaped nuclei and fine cytoplasmic granulation. The diagnosis 'microgranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia' was made.
Gemini Ziekenhuis, Den Helder.
Roger K
RK
Schindhelm
Johan C
JC
Berends
Mariëlle J
MJ
Wondergem
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged