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Large granular lymphocyte

Large granular lymphocyte
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Author: Moe Raina Takeda, DO; Girish Venkataraman, MD
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Morphologic variants of white blood cells > Large granular lymphocyte
Published Date: 12/08/2020

Wright Giemsa stained peripheral blood smear showing a lymphocyte with moderate amounts of cytoplasm and fine to coarse azurophilic granules, consistent with a large granular lymphocyte. These can be either T-cells or NK cells.