Hematology

Hematology Case: Granulocytes with Inclusions in Smear

Laboratory hematology test: identify the type of granulocytes with dermatan sulfate inclusions in a peripheral blood smear using a photomicrograph.

Peripheral blood smear, granulocytes for the microscopy exercise
Peripheral blood smear, granulocytes for the microscopy exercise

Granulocytes with dermatan sulfate inclusions. What are these cells?

1 — Eosinophils in Alder-Reilly anomaly 2 — Eosinophils in Chédiak-Higashi syndrome 3 — Eosinophils in May-Hegglin anomaly 4 — Normal basophils

🔬 Source: from the archive of Brazilian hematology specialist Marcio Melo