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A 54-year-old male patient has splenomegaly and pancytopenia. A manual diff revealed many abnormal lymphocytes with projections. The bone marrow aspirate was a “dry tap”. The patient is thought to possible have Hairy Cell Leukemia. Name the special stain that should be performed to confirm the diagnosis. 

Please identify the cell, inclusion or disease by matching the correct image with the correct term. *If an image has an arrow, you are identifying the cell or inclusion at the end of the arrowhead.*

I successfully performed a Wright stain in class during my lab time.

The spleen is

A standard 4.5 ml blue top filled with 3.0 ml of blood was submitted to the laboratory for PT and APTT tests. The sample is from a patient undergoing surgery the next morning for a tonsillectomy. Which of the following is the necessary course of action by the technologist?

Which reagents are used for the APTT test?

______ are thought to be fused primary granules in the myelocytic cell lineage.

When performing a manual platelet count, how many small RBC squares of the hemocytometer are counted?

To classify acute leukemias one must observe:

A megakaryocyte is: