Cytological features of bone marrow aspirate in essential thrombocythemia: hyperplasia, large size, and hyperlobulated megakaryocyte nuclei.
Essential Thrombocythemia
Description: Bone marrow aspirate showing an abundance of megakaryocytes. Some of them are large and hyperlobulated. Patient with essential thrombocythemia.
Sample type: Bone marrow aspirate Staining type: May-Grünwald-Giemsa Authors: Julia Montoro, Mónica Fernández Workplace: Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona
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