Morphological features of the microgranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia (FAB: M3v): atypical promyelocytes in a peripheral blood smear.
Peripheral blood smear from a patient diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), variant or microgranular (FAB:M3v).
Author: Nadjmaldeen Saki, MD; Bita Bandar, MS; Ehsan Sarbazjoda, MS; Fatemeh Bakhshpour, MS Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemia (WHO, 2016) > Acute Myeloid Leukemia Publication date: 20.03.2023
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Morphology of atypical promyelocytes in acute promyelocytic leukemia: features of nuclear shape and azurophilic granularity in blast cell cytoplasm.
Morphological features of atypical promyelocytes in peripheral blood in acute promyelocytic leukemia: nuclear shape and cytoplasm.
Morphological features of abnormal promyelocytes in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL M3): butterfly-wing nuclei and marked hyperleukocytosis.
