Background: Flow cytometric data is often analyzed in isolation, without the benefit of clinical and morphologic context, and the findings must be interpreted with caution when unexpected results are obtained.
Methods: A bone marrow aspirate from a 69-year-old female with incidentally discovered pancytopenia was initially analyzed by flow cytometry alone. The results were subsequently correlated with clinical, morphologic, immunohistochemical, and cytogenetic findings.
Background: Spontaneous subcapsular liver hemorrhage is a rare but life-threatening complication of pregnancy. Optimal management of an expanding hematoma or ruptured capsule has not been established.
Cases: We report 3 patients with preeclampsia and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome with spontaneous subcapsular liver hematomas.