Oncohematology

Hairy Cell Leukemia: Lymphocyte Morphology in Blood Smear

Morphological features of hairy lymphocytes in a blood smear during cytopenia. Romanowsky stain, villous cytoplasmic projections in leukemia.

🔬 “Hairy” lymphocytes. A female patient with anemia (Hb 58 g/L) and thrombocytopenia (47×10⁹/L). On a peripheral blood smear, stained with Romanowsky, characteristic lymphocytes with irregular “hairy” cytoplasmic projections are observed.

🙏 The images were kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics Doctor Viktoria Ryzhakova, Surgut Regional Clinical Hospital, Surgut.