An image from a peripheral blood smear demonstrating microcytic, hypochromic red blood cells in thalassemia (50X oil immersion). An eosinophil, small lymphocyte, and monocyte are also present.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing targets, schistocytes, tears, spherocytes, microcytes, and hypochromic red blood cells seen in a patient with thalassemia (50X oil immersion).
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing three reactive lymphocytes with slight basophilic skirting of the cytoplasm. A monocyte is also present containing vacuoles in the cytoplasm (50X oil immersion).
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing tears, elliptocytes, schistocytes, and a giant platelet seen in patients with primary myelofibrosis (50X oil immersion). A neutrophil (right) and monocyte (left) are also present.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing marked poikilocytosis, including pyknocytes, acanthocytes, bite/blister cells, and spherocytes (50X oil immersion) along with various white blood cells.
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing marked poikilocytosis, including pyknocytes, acanthocytes, bite cells, and spherocytes (50X oil immersion) along with a monocyte (center).
An image from a peripheral blood smear showing marked poikilocytosis, including a pyknocyte (center), many acanthocytes, spherocytes, and bite cells (100X oil immersion). A monocyte is also present (right).
An image from a Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) cytospin slide demonstrating a mitotic figure (center) surrounded by numerous plasmacytoid lymphocytes (60X oil immersion).