12 January 2018 (Friday) - December's Digital Morphology

While I’m at it – the December 2017 digital morphology exercise

CPD Report Participant: Me !! CPD Date: 2017-10-19 10:27:16 Total Number of Participants: 1098 Case Identifier: 1705DM Consensus of Morphological features recorded: Your Observations: Rank Morphological Feature Participants who selected this feature 1 Lymphocytosis neoplastic appearance 38.5% 2 Smear/smudge cells 42% 3 Tear drop poikilocytes 5.6% 4 Thrombocytopenia 5% 5 Macrocytic platelets 6.3% Other participants' Observations Rank Morphological Feature Participants who selected this feature 1 Rouleaux 52.4% 2 Smear/smudge cells 42% 3 Lymphocytosis 41.6% 4 Lymphocytosis neoplastic .. 38.5% 5 Lymphoblasts 27.4% What diagnostic category do you think best fits these appearances? A mature lymphoid neoplasm: lymphoma/lymphoproliferative disorder If you had to suggest a more precise diagnosis what condition would you choose? Actual pathological diagnosis: mantle cell lymphoma

At first sight not too good… but then again, what’s in a name?

I’m pleased with that !!