Bone Marrow Aspirate

Hematology

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Wright-Giemsa stained bone marrow aspirate smear

Stains: wright giemsa unstained

Images: 4

Compatible Scopes: 9

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Bone Marrow Aspirate — Wright-Giemsa Overview

Wright-Giemsa stained bone marrow aspirate smear showing a diverse population of hematopoietic cells at various stages of maturation: myeloid precursors, erythroid precursors, megakaryocytes, and mature blood cells among fat cells.

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Bone marrow aspirate — mixed hematopoietic lineages visible

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Bone Marrow — Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Wright-stained bone marrow aspirate smear showing a predominance of lymphoblasts characteristic of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Blasts are medium-sized cells with scant cytoplasm, high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio, and fine chromatin.

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ALL — lymphoblasts predominate, high N:C ratio, fine chromatin

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Bone Marrow — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Wright-Giemsa stained bone marrow smear showing acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AML-M4). Both myeloblasts and monocytic precursors are present. Monocytic cells show folded nuclei and gray-blue cytoplasm.

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AML-M4 — myeloblasts and promonocytes, mixed lineage

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Bone Marrow — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)

Wright-Giemsa stained bone marrow aspirate showing abnormal promyelocytes characteristic of acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML-M3). Cells show heavy azurophilic granulation and Auer rods in the cytoplasm.

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AML-M3 (APL) — hypergranular promyelocytes, Auer rods, diagnostic morphology

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Compatible Microscopes

Model	Manufacturer	Type	Magnification Range	NA Max	Resolution
DM6 B	Leica Microsystems	Upright Optical	1.25–100×	1.4	200 nm
DMi8	Leica Microsystems	Inverted Optical	2.5–100×	1.47	185 nm
Eclipse Ti2	Nikon	Inverted Optical	2–100×	1.45	190 nm
Eclipse Ni	Nikon	Upright Optical	2–100×	1.4	200 nm
BX53	Olympus (Evident)	Upright Optical	2–100×	1.4	200 nm
IX83	Olympus (Evident)	Inverted Optical	2–100×	1.4	200 nm
Axio Observer 7	Zeiss	Inverted Optical	5–100×	1.4	200 nm
Axio Imager 2	Zeiss	Upright Optical	1.25–100×	1.4	200 nm
Primostar 3	Zeiss	Upright Optical	4–100×	1.25	350 nm

Bone Marrow Aspirate