An image from a peripheral blood smear showing numerous small mature lymphocytes and smudge cells seen in a patient with CLL (50X oil immersion). Numerous spherocytes and increased polychromasia is also noted, indicating an auto-immune hemolytic process.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing numerous small mature lymphocytes and smudge cells seen in a patient with CLL (50X oil immersion). Numerous spherocytes and increased polychromasia is also noted, indicating an auto-immune hemolytic process.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing numerous small mature lymphocytes and smudge cells seen in a patient with CLL (100X oil immersion). Numerous spherocytes and increased polychromasia is also noted (out of focus), indicating an auto-immune hemolytic process.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing numerous small mature lymphocytes and a smudge cell seen in a patient with CLL (100X oil immersion). Numerous spherocytes and increased polychromasia is also noted, indicating an auto-immune hemolytic process.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing numerous small mature lymphocytes and a smudge cell seen in a patient with CLL (100X oil immersion). Numerous spherocytes and increased polychromasia is also noted (out of focus), indicating an auto-immune hemolytic process.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing numerous small mature lymphocytes and smudge cells seen in a patient with CLL (50X oil immersion). Numerous spherocytes and increased polychromasia is also noted, indicating an auto-immune hemolytic process.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing polychromasia and bite cells seen in a patient with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (50X oil immersion).
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing sickle cells, target cells and polychromasia seen in sickle cell anemia (50X oil immersion). A small lymphocyte is also present.