9 September 2014 _ A Mitotic Figure

I saw a mitotic figure in a blood film today. I've only ever seen this twice before; rather obscure.
This was seen in a case of acute leukaemia, so the finding wasn't entirely unprecedented, and has been reported in the literature
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=669742

Interestingly such findings are commonplace in reptiles.
http://en.wikivet.net/Lizard_and_Snake_Blood_Cell_Identification

I never knew that !!

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