Oncohematology

Microscopy Challenge: Cell Identification in CML

Laboratory hematology test: identify cells found in a blood smear from a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia. A microscopy challenge.

Blood smear in CML for the cell morphology diagnostic exercise
Blood smear in CML for the cell morphology diagnostic exercise

A patient with chronic myeloid leukemia has 2 ……………….. found in one field of view.

1 — blasts with Faggot cells 2 — basophilic myelocytes 3 — eosinophilic myelocytes 4 — Harlequin cells

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