A mysterious malady: The malachowski-wright-giemsa stain to the rescue

P. C.J. Ward; E. F. Glassy; S. H. Kroft; Kristine P Krafts

doi:10.3109/10520295.2010.515495

A mysterious malady: The malachowski-wright-giemsa stain to the rescue

P. C.J. Ward, E. F. Glassy, S. H. Kroft, Kristine P Krafts

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

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Abstract

A patient entered hospital with a puzzling absolute monocytosis. Admitting blood smears had been stained with Diff-Quik, a Romanowsky stain. When additional smears were stained using a standard Malachowski-Wright-Giemsa method, the reason for the monocytosis became abundantly clear.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	76-81
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biotechnic and Histochemistry
Volume	86
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/10520295.2010.515495
State	Published - Apr 1 2011

Keywords

basophils
granules
monocytes
negative staining artifact
polychrome methyleneblue

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