Abstract
The case history of a 70-year-old man with acute basophilic leukemia is presented. While light microscopic examination of the blast cells in the peripheral blood and in the bone marrow was inconclusive, the ultrastructural analysis of the cells helped to establish the diagnosis. The most prominent findings in the blast cells examined with the electron microscope were the basophilic differentiation, presence of basophilic granules with granular and/or fibrillar structure and cytoplasmic formations resembling Auer bodies. In addition, the cytoplasm contained crystalloid inclusions and filaments. The results indicate that electron microscopic examination of the blast cells in certain cases of acute non-lymphocytic leukemia may be of important diagnostic value.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 434-436 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Cell Vision - Journal of Analytical Morphology |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |