Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia… Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis 10 Jul 20146 Sep 2017 Leukostasis is a oncological emergency seen in patients with leukaemia who present with pronounced leucocytosis. It is seen in about 5-30% of adult acute leukaemia cases. It results from slugging of microcirculation…
Cytoplasmic Inclusions… Toxic Granules in Neutrophils 23 Mar 2013 Granulocytes have two types of granules primary and secondary. Primary granules are azurophilic, most numerous and prominent at the promyelocyte stage (see morphology of myeloid precursors) and diminish in number…
Diagnosis… Myelocyte and Neutrophils – Band and Segmented 18 Mar 201318 Mar 2013 The image about shows morphology of cells of the neutrophilic series. The first cell to show commitment to a particular granulcoytic series (eosinophilic, basophilic or eosinophilic) is the promyelocyte. The…
Haematology Atlas… Neutrophil and Lymphocyte 20 May 201213 Jun 2012 The image above shows a lymphocyte (left) and a polymprphonuclear neutrophil (right) in the peripheral blood. The lymphocyte is a cell about 10μ in size with a dense purple nucleus…
Bone Marrow Examination… Morphology of Myeloid Precurssors 4 Jun 201126 May 2016 The earliest morphologically distinct myeloid cell is a myeloblast. Cell with myeloid commitment at stages of differentiation between the pleuripotant stem cell and myeloblasts have been identified but these lack…
Haematology Atlas… Neutrophils Drumsticks and Sessile nodules 14 May 201110 Jun 2011 One X chromosome of women is inactivated. In nrutrophils this may appear in one of three forms. Drumsticks are nuclear appendages 1.5μ in diameter. They are seen in 0.5-2.6% of…
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