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Faggot Cell

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Author: Perla Vicari, MD, PhD
Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and acute leukemia (WHO 2016) > Acute Myeloid Leukemia > Acute Myeloid Leukemia with recurrent genetic abnormalities > AML with t(15;17)(q22;q12); PML-RARA (and variants)
Published Date: 06/28/2021

Leukemic promyelocyte in bone marrow of an Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia patient. We observed multiple clusters of Auer rods (lysosomal compounds rich in peroxidase) in the cytoplasm. The arrangement of these Auer rods gives this cell the name of a cell in Faggot or Faggot cell (May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain).

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