1.1 POJA-L689. Erythron or erythropoietic island in bone marrow smear (human)

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1.1  POJA-L689

Title: Erythron or erythropoietic island in bone marrow smear (human)
 
Description: Stain: May-Grünwald-Giemsa.

​The picture shows a reticular cell (1) surrounded by almost exclusively erythroblasts at different stages of development and maturation (2).
The cells marked with (*) are myeloid cell types.
The reticular cell has phagocytized nuclear debris of expulsed nuclei (→).  The reticular cell has a light-stained transparent nucleus with a distinct nucleolus while all the erythroblasts have a dark condensed nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm.
 
Keywords/Mesh: blood, bone marrow, erythropoiesis, erythron, erythroblast, reticular cell, histology, POJA collection