This is the blood film of a young woman with anaemia.

a. What does the blood film show?

b. In what ways can this condition affect the eyes?

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Answers:
This is the blood film of a young woman with anaemia.

a. What does the blood film show?

Myeloblasts.
The patient has acute myeloid leukaemia.
b. In what ways can this condition affect the eyes?
Anterior segment
  • iritis due to iris infiltration
  • dry eye from lacrimal gland involvement
Posterior segment
  • tortuous vein 
  • cotton wool spots
  • Roth spots
  • haemorrhage
  • leukaemic miliary nodules
  • serous retinal detachment from choroidal infiltration
Neuro-ophthalmic
  • papillitis
  • cranial nerve palsies
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