1.1 POJA-L546+547-HV. Contamination with osteoblasts of a bone marrow puncture (human)

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1.1  POJA-L546+547-HV

Title: Contamination with osteoblasts of a bone marrow puncture (human)
 
Description: Stain: May-Grünwald-Giemsa (MGG).

In bone marrow smears from a sternum puncture sometimes osteoblasts are found. Osteoblasts may occur in groups, are oval with a usually eccentric, relatively small nucleus. The chromatin is often coarse with 1-3 nucleoli. The cytoplasm is mostly light blue and may contain a few red granules. Osteoblasts are involved in formation of bone during remodelling and growth.
 
Keywords/Mesh: blood, bone marrow, osteoblast, sternum, biopsy, histology, POJA collection