Oncohematology

Osteoblasts in Bone Marrow Smear in Acute Leukemia

A clinical case of osteoblast cluster detection in bone marrow aspirate from a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cellular morphology features.

Patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Material - bone marrow. History of malignant neoplasm of the sigmoid colon, sigmoid colon resection performed 7 years ago. Nodular goiter grade II. Thyroid nodule puncture recommended, not performed. Clusters of osteoblasts are found in bone marrow smears. This has not been observed previously in the myelogram of this patient.

🙏 Publication kindly provided by Ekaterina Nozdrina, Omsk.