(C) – Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, peripheral blood smear: In CLL, the lymphocytes are excessively fragile. These lymphocytes are easily destroyed during slide preparation, forming ...

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are remnants of cells that lack any identifiable cytoplasmic membrane or nuclear structure. Smudge cells, also called basket cells, are most often associated with abnormally fragile ...