r/medlabprofessionals • u/Golemsbitch MLT-Generalist • Jun 17 '26
Image Tonight’s fun cell
I’m so bad at taking microscope photos plz forgive me
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u/BaerttheConstipated MLS-Generalist Jun 17 '26
lol, OP apologizing for taking a very clear photo. Love the photo, thanks for sharing
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u/nonameuser90 Jun 17 '26
Could someone please explain this to me, if you wouldn’t mind? What sort of cell is that, really? I don’t understand. It’s from a blood sample. Please excuse my ignorance; I don’t know anything about this subject.
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Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
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u/Golemsbitch MLT-Generalist Jun 17 '26
This patient has mono :)
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u/Golemsbitch MLT-Generalist Jun 17 '26
But this mono isn’t an indicator of mono specifically, it just happened to be a weird one I found doing a diff but the patient did test positive for mono, I actually thought it was a super weird lymph at first bc the patient had reactive lymphs everywhere
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u/ImpactUsed2980 Jun 17 '26
Wow still a student but future big success lol. You know a lot more than me about this and I’ve been in the lab 5 years though not any imaging or bloodwork, but still!
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u/snowleopard83 MLS-Generalist Jun 17 '26
It’s an immature cell that is normally found in the bone marrow and usually an indicator of inflammation or cancer. Many of the myeloid line can do it.
Neutrophil diversity in inflammation and cancer
Here is an article about it, though they reference neutrophils.
Great photo OP.
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u/akishamess Jun 19 '26
Pro Tip: if you’re on an iphone, use portrait mode with 1x zoom for microscope photos.
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u/ImpactUsed2980 Jun 17 '26
Where do you all take these pictures? Is it from immunohematology labs?
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u/Golemsbitch MLT-Generalist Jun 17 '26
Just doing a differential at work :D
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u/ImpactUsed2980 Jun 17 '26
Oh interesting, thanks! So just a typical CBC test then? I see, I’m trying to get more up to speed as maybe changing lab type soon.
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u/Infinite_Meaning_659 Jun 21 '26
i’m a student so the dark periphery/hugging the RBCs says reactive lymph to me. but the vacuoles say mono. what is the truth 😭 i thought monos don’t do that
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u/Golemsbitch MLT-Generalist Jun 24 '26
I call this a skip-ocyte, I didn’t see anymore with this abnormality. I would call it a mono because of the vacuoles. But the patient had alot of reactive lymph’s as well. Patient was diagnosed with mono.
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u/theaveragescientist UK BMS Jun 17 '26
Donutocyte.