Basophils contain large cytoplasmic granules which obscure the cell nucleus under the microscope. Basophils contain anticoagulant heparin, which prevents blood from clotting too ...

Size: 1.5 – 3 µm in diameter Nucleus: absent Cytoplasma: pale blue + purple granules Platelet Count in blood: (150–450)×10^9/L

Pseudothrombocytopenia (PTP) is defined by falsely low platelet counts on automated analyzers and is caused by in vitro phenomena including large platelet aggregates in blood samples.

Principle The blood mixed with anticoagulant is placed in a long capillary tube and centrifuge . the level reached by the column of erythrocytes is read with a scale reader . this ...

– size :10-18 microns -nucleus: round or oval , N/C ratio is 50-65% , dark purple with coarser chromatin, usually no nucleolus . – cytoplasm : pink with prominent red-purple ...

A normal neutrophil from a female showing a nucleus with four lobes and a ‘drumstick’.

– size : 15-20 µm – nucleus : round , N\C: 7:1 , 4:1 , reddish purple with delicate chromatin and nucleoli (2-3 ) – cytoplasm : pale to deep blue (basophilic ) with ...

Small lymphocytes: These are the most common type in normal blood. They have a large, dense, round nucleus and thin basophilic cytoplasm and are capable of ameboid movement and the ...

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 ...

Agglutination is due to presence of antibodies reacting with antigens on RBCs. It appear as irregular clumps of red cells. Found in auto immune haemolysis, blood transfusion reaction.  

Pelger-Huët anomaly is a benign hereditary condition where the majority of the neutrophils possess bilobed nuclei and The cells appear to function normally. Pseudo-Pelger-Huët ...