The Significance of Auer Rods in MDS:

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The Significance of Auer Rods in MDS:

Auer rods in peripheral blood or bone marrow blasts are important as they would upgrade a patient's case to high-grade MDS (MDS-EB-2). Refer to the image below to review the morphology of blasts containing Auer rods.
Note: If the blast count in the blood or bone marrow exceeds 19%, the diagnosis is acute myeloid leukemia (AML), not MDS.

Blast with Auer rod