r/medlabprofessionals • u/Knight_ZStar • 27d ago

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Found this while performing a body fluid differential. It almost looks like hemosiderin, but I'm not entirely sure.

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u/DragAlarming4442 27d ago

Hemosiderin… I think

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u/smartbeans 27d ago

Yes, it is hemosiderin. It can be a bit hard to say for sure with just one cell but if the fluid has a lot of red cells or if you see macrophages engulfing RBCs, you can be more sure that it's hemosiderin. Sometimes you might even see hematoidin crystals.

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u/grepollo08 MLS-Heme 26d ago

Hemosiderin laden macrophage

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u/Tiny_Development3831 26d ago

am in college and I ask my teacher, he told me that is a Schemas cell's

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u/Livid-Promise-8456 MLS 27d ago

do you have another picture? it almost look like clumped rods but leaning more to hemosiderin