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

I’ll hold my hand up here…. I did the October 2017 exercise three months ago. I then promptly forgot all about it. But now I remembered….

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 Macrocytes 50.8% 2 Howell Jolly Bodies 7.1% 3 Hypersegmented neutrophils 81.5% 4 Ovalocytes 31.1% 5 Cytoplasmic vacuolation 2% Other participants' Observations Rank Morphological Feature Participants who selected this feature 1 Hypersegmented neutrophil.. 81.5% 2 Macrocytes 50.8% 3 Polychromatic RBC 40.2% 4 Tear drop poikilocytes 39.2% 5 Hypochromic RBC 38.1% What is the most useful next step? Suggest haematinic measurements What is your preferred diagnosis for this case? Megaloblastic anaemia Actual pathological diagnosis: Vitamin B12 deficiency

I’m pleased with that !!