Bone marrow smear from a patient with acute
promyelocytic leukemia hypergranular type. The
myeloblast in the central portion of the photograph
contains numerous long slender Auer rods. This
cell is referred to as a faggot cell and is found in
approximately 90-95% of cases of acute
promyelocytic leukemia.
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