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Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg cell (Wright stain)

Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg cell (Wright stain)
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Author: Nidia P. Zapata, MD; Espinoza-Zamora Ramiro
Category: Lymphoma: Hodgkin Lymphoma > Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
Published Date: 02/09/2018

Wright stain of a bone marrow aspirate with large multinucleated Reed-Sternberg cells. "Hodgkin cells" are mononuclear while "Reed-Sternberg" cells are multinucleate forms. Sometimes, these cells are confused with megakaryocytes on aspirate smears.