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BLOOD WORK Peripheral smear and marrow biopsy of a patient with hairy cell leukemia
Peripheral smear (left) shows a typical hairy cell with multiple cytoplasmic projections, and violet staining nucleus quite distinct from the dense blue-black of a mature lymphocyte. Marrow biopsy (right) shows an infiltrate of hairy cells with the characteristic open, "fried egg" appearance of the cytoplasm.
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