New York State Department of Health - Wadsworth Center - Cytohematology Proficiency Testing

Slide 023 [100X]

This slide was taken from a peripheral blood smear made from a 15 year old male with a white blood cell count of 20.5 X 103/µL. The cells indicated by the arrows are atypical lymphocytes which show mature chromatin, nucleoli and increased basophilia.

NUMBER OF RESPONSES

CELL CODE AND TYPE

516

code 52- atypical lymphocyte

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