Normal megakaryocyte morphology in bone marrow: multilobed nucleus, signs of emperipolesis in the cytoplasm, and platelet formation.
Normal morphology megakaryocyte with a multilobed nucleus and pinkish cytoplasm, in which signs of emperipolesis are observed. Each megakaryocyte can give rise to approximately 1200 platelets.
Sample type Bone marrow.
Staining type May-Grünwald-Giemsa.
Authors Cristina de la Fuente Montes, José Tomás Navarro Ferrando, Rebeca Jurado Tapiador.
Workplace Hematology Laboratory Department. Catalan Institute of Oncology - HGTiP - Josep Carreras Research Institute. Badalona, Spain.
Morphological features of megakaryocytes in bone marrow aspirate: assessing megakaryocytopoiesis and visualizing platelet budding in the smear.
What is emperipolesis in hematology? Morphological features of an intact neutrophil penetrating the cytoplasm of a megakaryocyte in the bone marrow.
Morphological signs of emperipolesis and dysplasia in megakaryocytes during cytological examination of bone marrow. Romanowsky-Giemsa stain, x1000.
