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Bone Marrow Morphology: Assessing Cellular Composition

How to evaluate a bone marrow smear without patient history: differentiating hematopoietic lineages, cellularity, and maturation signs of granulocytes and normoblasts.

Anna Belen Anna Belen 1 min
Bone marrow smear: erythroid and granulocytic series cells against a background of erythrocytes
Bone marrow smear: erythroid and granulocytic series cells against a background of erythrocytes
Bone marrow smear: normoblasts and maturing myeloid cells
Bone marrow smear: normoblasts and maturing myeloid cells
Bone marrow smear: a cell-rich field with granulocytopoiesis precursors
Bone marrow smear: a cell-rich field with granulocytopoiesis precursors
Bone marrow smear: preserved maturation of myeloid and erythroid lineages
Bone marrow smear: preserved maturation of myeloid and erythroid lineages

✅ What conclusion can be drawn when examining bone marrow smears, even without any information about the patient or other tests?

🔬 A case from the Head of the Morphology/IFT Department of the A-Emek Medical Center 🇮🇱Israel - Anna Belen.

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