Charming Pinocchio cell! A large granular lymphocyte presents its enzymes perforin and granzyme B to the periphery to perform its cytotoxic functions (granulation in a nose-like cytoplasmic protrusion). It’s especially delightful to catch a cell in action! Patient with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. 🔬Material kindly provided by a doctor from 🇮🇱Israel - Anna Belen.
Large Granular Lymphocyte in Blood Smear
Morphology of a large granular lymphocyte in mycoplasma infection: cytotoxic granules moving into a cytoplasmic protrusion in a blood smear.
