The blood sample from a patient's bone marrow biopsy included Auer rods. The nurse realizes this finding is consistent with
1. acute myelogenous leukemia.
2. acute lymphocytic leukemia.
3. chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
4. chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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Rationale: An examination of peripheral blood and the bone marrow in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia might include Auer rods which are abnormally large granule-containing needle-like rods in the cytoplasm. These rods are most commonly found in blast cells taken from the bone marrow and blood from patients with acute myelogenous leukemia. Auer rods are not associated with acute or chronic lymphocytic or chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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