The prominent features in the arrowed cell of Image are the eye catching distinct nucleoli. The nucleoli, smooth chromatin, high nucleus to cytoplasm ratio and the appearance of accompanying ...

(A) – Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), peripheral blood smear, mostly affects children less than 10 years of age. (B) – Acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) with Auer rods ...

Acute promyelocytic leukemia: blood smear with many large promyelocytes with Auer rods

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 ...

Auer rods are clumps of azurophilic granular material that form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of leukemic blasts. They can be seen in the leukemic blasts of acute myeloid ...