Hematology

Bone Marrow in B12-Deficiency Anemia: Microscopy

Microscopy of bone marrow smear in B12-deficiency anemia: megaloblastic erythropoiesis, giant metamyelocytes, and hypersegmented neutrophils.

Archival slide from 2012. B12-deficiency anemia. Bone marrow of a 16-year-old boy.

Romanowsky-Giemsa staining, x1000 magnification + phone camera magnification.

🙏 Material kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics physician Nadezhda Petrenko, Blagoveshchensk.