Reactive Foamy histiocytes

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Reactive Foamy histiocytes

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Author: Amina Lyagoubi; Ouardia Bouayadi; Rachis Seddik
Category: Reactive Marrow > Reactive changes > Histiocytes
Published Date: 05/19/2017

Foamy histiocytes in a bone marrow aspiration aren’t characteristic of a particular desease and may be seen in a variety of conditions (post-chemotherapy, marrow damage, hemophagocytosis and storage disorders). This bone marrow aspirate smear was from a 10-years-old patient suspected to have a lysosomal storage disease.

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