Hairy cell

Hairy_cell
  • Size : Medium, 15 µm
  • N/C ratio= Medium, 0.5
  • Cytoplasm
    • Extension : Abundant
    • Basophilia : Moderately intense
    • Number of granules : Absent
    • Color of granules : N/A
    • Membrane : Hairy irregular
  • Nucleus
    • Situation : Eccentric
    • Chromatin : Fine
    • Nucleoli : Absent
    • Membrane : Hairy irregular
  • Normal values : Absent in the blood
  • Description / Pathology :

    Average size cell larger than a villous lymphocyte, round or kidney-shaped nucleus, delicate  chromatin (like grains of sand), very extended cytoplasm with irregular membrane and thin circumferential extension (aspect fried-egg appearance), of filamentous appearance

    Hairy Cell Leukemia.

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