Chapter 6 - WBC and PLATELET STUDIES Flashcards
• Large purple to black azurophilic granules
Toxic granulation
altered primary granules
Toxic granulation
Severe infection
Toxic granulation
chemical poisoning
Toxic granulation
toxic states
Toxic granulation
• larger than 2° granules and stain dark blue - black.
Toxic granulation
blue, round or elongated bodies
Doble bodies /Amato
Single or multiple, arranged in parallel rows
Doble bodies /Amato
Aggregates of free ribosomes
Doble bodies /Amato
Severe infections, burn, surgery
Doble bodies /Amato
chemotherapy
Doble bodies /Amato
May - Hegglin
Doble bodies /Amato
Large empty areas within the cell
Cytoplasmic vacuolation
Represents end stage of phagocytosis
Cytoplasmic vacuolation
Septicemia, severe infections, toxic states
Cytoplasmic vacuolation
Cells show foamy cytoplasm
Atypical/Reactive lymphocyte/ Downey cells
seen in Infectious Mononucleosis
Atypical/Reactive lymphocyte/ Downey cells
Neutrophils have single or bilobed nuclei
Hypolobulation
Decreased segmentation
Hypolobulation
Pelger-Huet Anomaly
Hypolobulation
Neutrophils show more than 4 lobes
Hypersegmentation
Abnormal DNA synthesis
Hypersegmentation
Megaloblastic anemia
Hypersegmentation
shrunken and dehydrated nucleus of cells that are about to die
Pyknotic cell
nuclear remnant of lymphocyte, seen after smear preparation
Smudge cell