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 a basophilic normoblast (center-right) with a round nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm and an orthochromic 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).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing a blast (center) with loose chromatin pattern and scant basophilic cytoplasm seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear showing an abundant amount of lymphocytes and a few smudge cells seen in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (50X oil immersion).
An image from a bone marrow smear demonstrating myeloid hyperplasia seen in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (50X oil immersion). A few erythroid precursors are present.
An image from a bone marrow smear demonstrating myeloid hyperplasia and a few blasts seen in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (50X oil immersion). Few erythroid precursors are present.
An image from a bone marrow smear showing a macrophage (center) with ingested red blood cells, vacuolation, and hemosiderin (iron) granules seen in a patient with a normal bone marrow (100X oil immersion).