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A 49-Year-Old Woman Was Admitted to the Hospital for Easy

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A 49-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for easy bruising and menorrhagia. She had evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Her white blood cell count is 3 109/L with 95% large, atypical mononuclear cells and some atypical bilobed cells. Many of these cells are packed with larger, purple-staining granules; some have multiple Auer rods; and all are strongly peroxidase-positive. What is the diagnosis?


A) AML, FAB M2
B) AML, FAB M3
C) AML, FAB M4
D) AML, FAB M5
E) AML, FAB M6

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