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Hand Mirror Cell

Hand Mirror Cell
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Author: Perla Vicari, MD, PhD
Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and acute leukemia (WHO 2016) > Precursor Lymphoid Neoplasms > B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
Published Date: 08/20/2021

Peripheral blood smear from patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia showing Hand Mirror cells (arrows): the shape of the elongated lymphoblasts resembles a hand mirror (a small polar cytoplasmic projection corresponding to a uropod) with a very high nucleocytoplasmic ratio. (May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain, 1000X).