Differential Diagnosis of Granulated Cells in Blood Smears

Morphological evaluation of highly granulated cells in blood smears during leukocytosis: differential diagnosis of granulocytes and staining effects.

Аня Брединина 1 min February 11, 2022

Blood smear: neutrophil and a large cell with pronounced dark cytoplasmic granularity

Blood smear: cell with abundant cytoplasmic granularity, neutrophil, and lymphocyte

Blood smear: rounded cell with dense granularity and a segmented neutrophil

Blood smear: granulated cell in the field of view with several neutrophils

Question from a subscriber: Comrades-colleagues, what would you classify cells with such granularity as? WBC 16.9 peripheral blood. Magnification x1000. Romanowsky stain. Apologies for the staining. The stain had been standing for a long time. The smear was made by me, not by doctor’s orders, but by my own desire.

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