22 December 2021: Articles
Successful Pregnancy and Persistent Polyclonal B Cell Lymphocytosis (PPBL): A Case Study of a Rare Co-Existence
Unknown etiology, Unusual clinical course, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Georgios Dryllis A , Theofanis Giannikos F , Elianna A. Konstantinou F , Ioannis Moustakas F , Panagiotis Christopoulos F , Theodoros Pittaras F , Marianna Politou E , Serena Valsami A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.933746
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933746
Figure 1. The peripheral blood smear film demonstrated medium- to large-sized atypical mature lymphocytes, with abundant faintly basophilic cytoplasm and characteristic nuclei demonstrating a rounded or more commonly irregular nuclei (ie, bilobated or binucleated), which are typical in patients with PPBL; A and C show bilobated lymphocytes, B demonstrates a binucleated lymphocyte, and D shows a lymphocyte with irregular bilobated nucleus, (images, May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining, ×100 objective, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, AxioCam 105 color).