Megakaryocyte remnants

Appearance:
Megakaryocyte remnants consist mainly of bare nuclei with coarse chromatin and small, pale residual cytoplasm (platelets). In the peripheral blood, their count is indicated in reference to 100 leukocytes.

Occurrence:
Myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndromes. 


Table of Contents for leukocytes
Table of Contents for platelets