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. 2023 Mar 22;7(13):3244–3252. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023009843

Table 3.

Proposed morphologies required for fellow competency at graduation

White blood cells Red blood cells Platelets
Atypical lymphocyte (reactive) Acanthocyte Platelet clumping (satellitism)
Band Agglutination (RBC) Platelet (giant)
Basophil Basophilic stippling Platelet (normal)
Blast (undifferentiated) Bite cell Thrombocytopenia
Döhle bodies Blister cell
Dysplastic neutrophil Burr cell
Eosinophil Heinz body
Hairy cell Howell-Jolly body
Hypersegmented neutrophil Hypochromia
Hypogranular neutrophil Macrocytic
LGL Microcyte
Lymphocyte (mature) Nucleated RBC
Metamyelocyte Ovalocyte
Morula (inclusion) Polychromatophil
Myeloblast with Auer rod Ring form (malaria)
Myelocyte Schistocyte
Neutrophil Sickle cell
Neutrophil with toxic granulation Spherocyte
Plasma cell Stomatocyte
Promyelocyte Target cell
Teardrop (dacrocyte)
Tetrad (babesia)

LGL, large granular lymphocyte; RBC, red blood cells.