VACUOLATED CELLS IN BONE MARROW ASPIRATE OF CHILDREN WITH NEUROBLASTOMA

KESKİN YILDIRIM Z., Buyukavci M.

PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY, vol.25, no.7, pp.665-672, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/08880010802237930
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.665-672
  • Ataturk University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Cytoplasmic vacuoles that have been seen in FAB L3-type lymphoblasts are not usual in neuroblastoma. The authors report three children with neuroblastoma having vacuolated cells mimicking L3-type lymphoblasts on bone marrow aspiration smears.