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Peripheral blood smear from a patient with CLL shows lymphocytes as well as "smudge" cells. The lymphocytes in CLL are fragile and can be damaged when making a smear preparation producing this smudged or smeared appearance.
Smudge cells - 1.
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Author: Peter Maslak
Category: Lymphoma: Mature B-cell and Plasma cell Neoplasms > Low-grade B-cell lymphoma > Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
Published Date: 03/01/2010
Category: Lymphoma: Mature B-cell and Plasma cell Neoplasms > Low-grade B-cell lymphoma > Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
Published Date: 03/01/2010
Peripheral blood smear from a patient with CLL shows lymphocytes as well as "smudge" cells. The lymphocytes in CLL are fragile and can be damaged when making a smear preparation producing this smudged or smeared appearance.
