In bone marrow smears it is caused by improper fixation. In the same way that Cabot rings in red blood cells are caused by improper fixation with methanol. René J.
--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Sheila Haas <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sheila Haas <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Bone Marrow Smears To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 10:12 AM Hi all. I have a pathologist complaining about "naked" nuclei in his bone marrow smears. It's fairly random, some are great and some are "naked". Anyone heard of this and have any idea what may be causing this nakedness? Any input would be helpful.Thank you. Sheila Haas Laboratory Supervisor Micro Path Laboratories _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
