Lisa Sutton, MD
Departments of Pathology University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas
Madhuri Vusirikala, MD
Departments of Internal Medicine/
Hematology & Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas
Weina Chen, MD, PhD
Departments of Pathology University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas
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Keywords:Copper deficiency; Zinc excess; Hematogones;
Cytoplasmic vacuoles; Iron-laden plasma cells
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
- describe typical clinical presentation and common causes of copper
deficiency.
- describe characteristic morphologic features and frequent hematogone
hyperplasia in copper deficiency.
- apply laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis of copper deficiency.
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