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Cytohematology Proficiency Testing: Photographic Image Identification

This page lists the available choices for cell and morphology identification for photographic images used in the New York State Proficiency Tests for cell identification. These choices are available from drop-down lists for all participants in New York State Electronic Proficiency Testing.

All proficiency test images are available on-line.

Blood Cell and Miscellaneous Finding Identification List

White Blood Cell

Red Blood Cell

Miscellaneous

Blast cell, not classified

Acanthocyte

Bacteria

Myeloblast

Basophilic stippling

Platelet

Lymphoblast

Cabot ring

Giant platelet

Monoblast

Echinocyte (crenated cell) or burr cell

Platelet satellitosis

Promyelocyte

Elliptocyte/Ovalocyte

Platelet clump(s)

Myelocyte

Howell-Jolly body

Parasite

Metamyelocyte

Nucleated red cell

Yeast-Fungus

Band neutrophil

Pappenheimer body

Stain precipitate

Segmented neutrophil

Rouleaux

 

Normal lymphocyte

Schistocyte

 

Reactive/Atypical lymphocyte

Schüffner’s granule(s)

 

Monocyte

Sickle cell (drepanocyte)

 

Eosinophil

Spherocyte

 

Basophil

Stomatocyte

 

Plasma cell

Target cell (codocyte)

 

Hairy cell

Tear drop cell (dacrocyte)

 

Smudge cell/Basket cell

Erythrocyte-normal

 

Hypersegmentation

Erythrocyte-polychromatophilic

 

Auer rod(s)

Erythrocyte-macrocytic

 

Segmented/band neutrophil with toxic granulation

Erythrocyte-hypochromic

 

Döhle body

 

 

Neutrophil with Pelger-Huët nucleus

 

 

Lymphoma/Sézary cell