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Color Atlas of Hematology - Practical Microscopic and Clinical ...

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Megakaryocytes are never present in a normal peripheral bloodsmear. Thrombocytes are seen in every field viewabcdFig. 17 Megakaryocytes <strong>and</strong> thrombocytes. a Megakaryocytes in a bone marrowsmear. The wide cytoplasm displays fine, cloudy granulation as a sign <strong>of</strong> incipientthrombocyte budding. b Normal density <strong>of</strong> thrombocytes among the erythrocytes,with little variation in thrombocyte size. c <strong>and</strong> d Peripheral blood smearswith aggregations <strong>of</strong> thrombocytes. When such aggregates are seen against abackground <strong>of</strong> apparent thrombocytopenia, the phenomenon is called “pseudothrombocytopenia”<strong>and</strong> is usually an effect <strong>of</strong> the anticoagulant EDTA (see alsop. 167).51

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