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The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
The photo on the ... right also shows ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #BlisterCells
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
acute myelogenous leukemia ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
seen in the left photo ... and one in the right ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Codocytes
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell Leukemia - Physical examination revealed multiple exophytic subcutaneous lesions involving the arms and
and Plasma-Cell Leukemia ... Panel A shows the right ... A peripheral-blood ... Wright–Giemsa stain) #Clinical ... #Smear #NEJM
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
seen in the left photo ... In the right photo ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Helmet
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
the peripheral blood ... smear or on bone ... splenomegaly), night ... Pruritis after hot bath ... • Peripheral smear
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
each of the above photos ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Dacrocytes
Polychromatophilia - Note 2 large blue-gray erythrocytes as seen on H&E stain. On a stain for
The left photo also ... schistocyte and the right ... photo an acanthocyte ... #Clinical #Path ... #Smear #Polychromatophilia
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
her peripheral blood ... smear showed hypogranular ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Microscopy
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
on peripheral blood ... smears. ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #SickleCells