Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Can you identify these leukocytes

Peripheral blood smear.

CASE: 67 years old female from Denmark has been very tired during last weeks. Now she has fever and abdominal pain. Basic blood count shows low haemoglobin (110 g/L) and elevated leukocytes. Blood smear was taken and the findings are in the image.

Can you identify these two leukocytes?

Correct answer: Monocyte (top) and lymphocyte (bottom). This patien has CLL which explains the lymphocyte morphology.

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