New York State Department of Health - Wadsworth Center - Cytohematology Proficiency Testing
Slide 085 [100X]
The arrowed object is a smudge cell, taken from a case of acute lymphocytic leukemia. Smudge cells were present in the March 1997 glass slide proficiency test event, Slide 002. Smudge cells were identified by 72% of laboratories participating in the March 1997 glass slide event.
| NUMBER OF RESPONSES | % OF LABORATORIES | CELL CODE AND TYPE |
471 |
99.4% |
code: 17 Smudge cell |
1 |
0.2% |
code: 0 No result reported |
1 |
0.2% |
code: 85 Invalid code |
1 |
0.2% |
code: 94 Invalid code |
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