Auer rod

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Myeloblast with an Auer rod (to the left of the nucleus).

Auer rods (or Auer bodies) are large,

azurophilic and can resemble needles, commas, diamonds, rectangles, corkscrews, or (rarely) granules.[1]

Eponym

Although Auer rods are named for American physiologist John Auer,[2] they were first described in 1905 by Canadian physician Thomas McCrae, then at Johns Hopkins Hospital,[3] as Auer himself acknowledged in his 1906 paper. Both McCrae and Auer mistakenly thought that the cells containing the rods were lymphoblasts.[4]

Additional images

  • Bone marrow aspirate showing acute myeloid leukemia with Auer rods in several blasts
    Bone marrow aspirate showing acute myeloid leukemia with Auer rods in several blasts

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