Hematology Case 33

15 year old female.

• CBC:

WBC: 250 X 10³ /uL

HGB: 6.4 g/dL

MCV 102 fL

MCH 31 pg

Platelet: 12 X 10³ /uL

• Peripheral Smear: See Below

Blast cells : 80% ; Nucleus round-oval nuclei with coarse chromatin chromatin tends to aggregate into masses . Nucleoli are usually small and inconspicuous . Cytoplasm is basophilic, sparse in volume, usually without granules (rare non-specific granules) .

The patient has been refereed to higher center for further investigations.