Blast Morphology in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Morphological features of blast cells in peripheral blood in acute myeloid leukemia, differentiation from lymphocytes and normoblasts.

Nana Novikova 1 min October 18, 2025

Blood smear in AML: large blast cell and erythroblast

Blood smear in AML: blast cell and mature lymphocyte

Blast cells in the peripheral blood of a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. Which photo shows a lymphocyte? And an oxyphilic erythroblast?

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by KDL doctor Nana Novikova, CHUZ “KB” RZHD-Meditsina" Smolensk.

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