What are three defining characteristics that would help the laboratory professional differentiate between a blast and an activated lymphocyte?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Blasts: high N:C ratio; large cell; open chromatin pattern with prominent nucleoli; scanty basophilic cytoplasm
Activated lymphocyte: Low N:C ratio; large, but may be variable sized cell; more clumped chromatin and oval-shaped nucleus; abundant cytoplasm with basophilic rim; "kiss" other cells producing a scalloped cell shape
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