Hemostasis

Giant Platelet in a Peripheral Blood Smear

Morphology of giant platelets in peripheral blood smears. Peculiarities of manual cell counting in sodium citrate samples, Romanowsky staining.

Blood smear: giant platelet in the center of the field of view, x1000 mag.
Blood smear: giant platelet in the center of the field of view, x1000 mag.

Giant platelet in peripheral blood of a cat, x1000 magnification Analysis for manual platelet count, smear prepared from a sodium citrate tube. Patient: mixed breed, 12 years old. Romanowsky-Giemsa staining.

🙏 Publication kindly provided by the hematologist of VETLAB veterinary laboratory network Amira Kuznetsova, Moscow