1. AML Blast Cells. Wright stained peripheral blood smear, ×1000
AML Blast Cells. Wright stained peripheral blood smear, ×1000. Multiple blast cells seen in this smear from a patient with shortness of breath and a WBC of 105 K/uL, 80% blasts, HCT 20%, and PLT 75 K/uL. Flow cytometry confirms these are myeloid blasts conforming AML. (Photo contributor: Mary Ann Thompson Arildsen, MD, PhD.)
Source: MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS, The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 4e
Citation: Knoop KJ, Stack LB, Storrow AB, Thurman R. The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 4e; 2016 Available at: Accessed: November 10, 2017
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