Cell Identification

Spinal Fluid Sample

The arrow in this slide indicates the location of another example of a blast that was seen in a spinal fluid sample. Notice the two prominent nucleoli in the nucleus of this blast. The other three cells in the field are mature lymphs. Notice that the chromatin pattern in the mature lymphs is more clumped than the chromatin in the blast cells.

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