Oncohematology

Plasmablastic Leukemia: Bone Marrow Cell Morphology

A clinical case of suspected plasmablastic leukemia in a 60-year-old female patient with anemia and thrombocytopenia. Bone marrow plasmacyte morphology and CBC data.

A 60-year-old female patient is being examined for anemia and thrombocytopenia. In the bone marrow aspirate, the number of plasmacytes of all generations is increased (20%), with a predominance of young forms. Plasmablastic leukemia? Immunophenotyping is recommended.

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by KDL physician Nana Novikova, CHUZ “KB” RZD-Meditsina, Smolensk.