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Nonspecific Sterase (NSE) in Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AML M5)

Nonspecific Sterase (NSE) in Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AML M5)
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Author: Martin Pacheco, MD; Carlos Fernando Serrano-García, MD
Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and acute leukemia (WHO 2016) > Acute Myeloid Leukemia > AML not otherwise specified > Acute monoblastic/monocytic leukemia
Published Date: 07/19/2024

Bone marrow aspirate of a patient with Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AML M5). We can see prominent proliferation of monocytic lineage cells (promonocytes, monoblasts, and monocytes) (left). All of which stain strongly positive for nonspecific esterase (right).