Foamy Macrophage in bone marrow

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Foamy Macrophage in bone marrow

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Author: Perla Vicari, MD, PhD
Category: Reactive Marrow > normal Hematopoietic cells – covered in atlas (additional examples can go here) > Erythroid maturation > Erythroid island with central macrophage
Published Date: 08/20/2021

Bone marrow aspirate stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain showing erythroblastic island with one central foamy macrophage (nurse cell), which has several irregular vacuoles in the cytoplasm and extends the cytoplasmic protrusions to a ring of surrounding erythroblasts (arrow).

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