An image from a bone marrrow showing characteristics of megaloblastic anemia (large precursors, loose chromatin, nuclear-cytoplasmic asynchrony, multiple Howell-Jolly bodies in a single red cell precursor).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing two polychromatic normoblasts beside a neutrophil seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear demonstrating a promyelocyte (center) with primary granules and a golgi clearing seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion). Other myeloid and erythroid precursors are also present.
An image from a bone marrow smear showing a basophilic normoblast (center-bottom) beside a small lymphocyte (center-top) seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing an orthochromic normoblast (center) ejecting its condensed nucleus seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (50X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing two polychromatic normoblast (center) with a very round nucleus and blue-grey cytoplasm seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing two orthochromic normoblasts (center-right) beside a polychromatic normoblast (center-left) seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing a basophilic normoblast (center) with a very round nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm beside a metamyelocyte (right) seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).