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Internal Medicine Board Review - DiscWrite CD Promotions

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3 things You need to AML<br />

remember in M3<br />

Auer rods<br />

• Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) is<br />

associated with:<br />

1) DIC due to release of procoagulant from<br />

cytoplasmic y p ggranules.<br />

2) Auer rods are specific for AML and are<br />

especially prominent in the M3<br />

3) Treat with all-trans retinoic acid - It has<br />

retinoic acid receptor alfa gene

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