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Blasts in Peripheral Blood: Differential Diagnostics

A clinical case of an 86-year-old patient with 17% blasts in the blood: morphological criteria for assessing immature cells and differential diagnostics in a blood smear.

Anna Belen Anna Belen 1 min
Blood smear: mononuclear cell with a narrow rim of basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: mononuclear cell with a narrow rim of basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: cell with basophilic cytoplasm flowing around adjacent erythrocytes
Blood smear: cell with basophilic cytoplasm flowing around adjacent erythrocytes
Blood smear: mononucleated cell with a kidney-shaped nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: mononucleated cell with a kidney-shaped nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: mature lymphocyte with pronounced chromatin condensation in the nucleus
Blood smear: mature lymphocyte with pronounced chromatin condensation in the nucleus
Blood smear: cell with delicate chromatin and a narrow cytoplasmic protrusion
Blood smear: cell with delicate chromatin and a narrow cytoplasmic protrusion
Blood smear: atypical polymorphic mononuclear cell with basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: atypical polymorphic mononuclear cell with basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: mononuclear cell with a round nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: mononuclear cell with a round nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm
Blood smear: cell compressed between erythrocytes with a deformed nucleus
Blood smear: cell compressed between erythrocytes with a deformed nucleus
Blood smear: blast cell with a high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio
Blood smear: blast cell with a high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio

❗A task from the closed club of laboratory hematologists. ✅ An 86-year-old patient, 17% blasts in peripheral blood. 🔬 Which numbers indicate blasts? ✅ The first 7 to answer correctly in the comments under the post will be invited to the closed community. Answer tomorrow! 🔬The task was kindly prepared by the Head of the Morphology/IFT Department of the Ha-Emek Medical Center Laboratory, Afula 🇮🇱Israel - Anna Belen. A member of the closed club of laboratory hematologists.

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