Promyelocytes with Auer rods
Acute promyelocytic leukemia: blood smear with many large promyelocytes with Auer rods
Lymphocytes Variation
Lymphocyte:
A: Normal small, mature lymphocyte.
B: Small “plasmacytoid” lymphocyte: this cell has increased amounts of darker blue cytoplasm than normal.
C: Another variant ...
Band cells or band neutrophils and left shift
Band cells or band neutrophils are those which have unsegmented nuclei.
This is the developmental stage of the neutrophil immediately preceding the mature segmented form.
An increased ...
Auer Rods in malignant cells
Auer rods are elongated structures seen in malignant cells of the neutrophil lineage. Mostly, seen in myeloblasts – but you can see them in any stage of maturation (even in mature ...
Iron Defiency Anemia Case Study
69-year old female who presented with fatigue and weakness. here is her lab tests and peripheral blood smear
RBC: 4.09 x 10 12/L
Hemoglobin: 8.3 g/dL
Hematocrit: 27.0%
MCV: 66 fL
MCH: ...







