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A smear of fluid aspirated from a knee joint in a 6-year-old child who presented with fever and joint swelling involving multiple extremities. There is a pleomorphic infiltrate consisting of lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, plasma cells, and macrophages. Several of the neutrophils show large amorphous cytoplasmic inclusions.
LE cell in joint fluid - 1.
Author:
John Lazarchick
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Body fluids: abnormal cells and microorganisms with cross-references to specific diagnoses when appropriate
Published Date: 11/01/2007
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Body fluids: abnormal cells and microorganisms with cross-references to specific diagnoses when appropriate
Published Date: 11/01/2007
A smear of fluid aspirated from a knee joint in a 6-year-old child who presented with fever and joint swelling involving multiple extremities. There is a pleomorphic infiltrate consisting of lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, plasma cells, and macrophages. Several of the neutrophils show large amorphous cytoplasmic inclusions.
