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Esta es una frotis de LMC (leucemia mieloide crónica).

¿Cuáles de las células que aparecen arriba puedes identificar?

Types of Blasts - Key Features🔵🟣🔬
1) Cup-like blast:
Size: 10-20 μm, N:C 7:1 to 4:1
Round to oval. Fish mouth/cuplike nuclear invagination. Auer rods absent. Fine, lacy chromatin. Strongly linked to AML with _NPM1_ or _FLT3-ITD_ mutations.

2) Myeloblasts with Auer rods:
Size: 15-20 μm, N:C 7:1 to 4:1
Round to convoluted nucleus. Contains azurophilic rod-like inclusions = Auer rods. Classic for AML, especially M2, M3.

3) Myeloblasts:
Size: 10-20 μm, N:C 7:1 to 5:1
Round to oval, sometimes indented nucleus. Fine lacy chromatin, 1+ nucleoli. Variably basophilic, agranular cytoplasm. Generic myeloid blast.

4)Lymphoblasts:
Size: 10-20 μm, N:C 7:1 to 4:1
Round to oval, but can be clefted, convoluted, or angular. More granular chromatin vs myeloblasts. Nucleoli often indistinct. Scant to moderate deeply basophilic cytoplasm. Hand-mirror forms possible. Seen in ALL.

5)Monoblast:
Size: 15-25 μm, N:C 7:1 to 3:1
Round to indented nucleus. Reticular, lacy chromatin. 1-2 nucleoli. Gray to cloudy blue cytoplasm, few red granules. Seen in AML M5a.

Confirm with flow cytometry & cytogenetics.