Hematology

Proerythroblast: Morphological Features of the Cell

Morphological criteria of proerythroblasts: nucleus structure, delicate reticular chromatin, nucleoli, and basophilic cytoplasm of erythroid cells.

Blood smear, proerythroblast with basophilic cytoplasm and a round nucleus
Blood smear, proerythroblast with basophilic cytoplasm and a round nucleus

PROERYTHROBLAST is a young, large cell of the erythroid lineage of hematopoiesis, with a round nucleus containing delicate reticular chromatin, a nucleolus, and intensely basophilic cytoplasm.

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