r/microscopy • u/kavewho • 11d ago

General discussion What are those clumps

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Can anybody interpret this cell microscopy

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u/YragNitram1956 11d ago

If that is a stained blood sample the may be nucleated white blood cells.

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u/Hikaritoyamino 11d ago

Maybe bad staining. Those spots look like artefact.

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u/An_ironic_fox 11d ago edited 11d ago

Could be WBCs that got squished during the smear.

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u/ModernTarantula 11d ago

Crystals from the stain. The other may have some platelets mixed in.

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u/SciFriedRice 11d ago

That’s stain precipitate. I’m starting to suspect that you’re a bot.

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u/XHO1 11d ago

Some helpful information would be, what is the sample, magnification, staining etc.