WBC Flashcards
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
- hyposegmented + hyperclumped
- “pince-nez” morphology
- mimics leukemoid reaction (shift to left)
Pelger-Huet Anomaly
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
- granulocytes have dark staining granules
- due to incomplete degradation of mucopolysaccharides
- associated with Hurler, Hunter, and Sanfilippo syndrome
Alder-Reilly Anomaly
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
- red needles in cytoplasm
- observed in blast cells in AML, especially APL
- faggot cells
Auer Rods
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
disorder in the production of myosin heavy chain type IIa
May-Hegglin Anomaly
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
Triad of May-Hegglin Anomaly
- Dohle-like Bodies
- Thrombocytopenia
- Giant Platelets
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
- light blue patches in cytoplasm of neutrophils
- RNA remnants
Dohle bodies
leukocyte morphologic abnormality
immature granulocytes in peripheral blood
shift to the left
lymphocyte morphologic abnormality
lymphocytes that exhibit reactive morphology
downey/turk cell
lymphocyte morphologic abnormality
- caused by pressure in smear prep.
- indicates nuclear fragility
- ⬆️ in CLL
basket/smudge cell
lymphocyte morphologic abnormality
- plasma cell with irregular cytoplasmic projections
- contain more immunoglobulins than normal plasma cells
- associated with multiple myeloma
- bright purple-red in Wright’s stain
Flame cell
lymphocyte morphologic abnormality
plasma cell with round globules
(also associated with multiple myeloma)
Grape/mott/rusell bodies
lymphocyte morphologic abnormality
lymphocyte with convoluted, cerebriform nucleus (assoc with sezary syndrome and mycoses fungoides)
sezary cell
most common type of leukemia in adults
acute myeloid leukemia
surface markers in AML
CD13, CD33, CD117
other name for FAB M4
Naegelli leukemia
other name for FAB M5
Schilling’s leukemia
other name for FAB M6
Di Guglielmo Syndrome