Whilst
sitting at the microscope looking at (seemingly) ten thousand blood films
I read an interesting diagnosis… “blood film for Batten’s disease”.
Well… what
was that supposed to mean?
I had a little
look on-line and came up
with a reference.
… Batten disease is a rare inherited lysosomal storage disorder. Lysosomes
are compartments within a cell that degrade substances that are no longer
needed. Lysosomes that are unable to degrade wastes as intended, as in Batten
disease, allow lipofuscins, fatty granular substances, to accumulate inside
cells. This can lead to the formation of abnormal and distinctive vacuoles…
… make a blood film. The slide is then viewed under a light
microscope. Large vacuoles can easily be detected …
I never
knew that… One lives and learns – which is entirely the point of doing CPD.
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