Hematology

Severe Pancytopenia & Barr Body in Blood Smear

A clinical case of pancytopenia: analyzer printout and blood smear showing marked aniso-poikilocytosis and a Barr body in a segmented neutrophil.

A patient from the cardiology department with severe anemia, leukocytopenia, and thrombocytopenia. In the LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL, erythrocyte aniso- and poikilocytosis were observed. Photos 2,3 show a neutrophil with a Barr body.

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Doctor Nana Novikova, CHUZ “Clinical Hospital” RZD-Medicine, Smolensk.