Hypergranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia
Hypergranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia
The malignant promyelocytes in the more common "hypergranular" variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have characteristic large reddish-blue or dark purple granules in the cytoplasm. The nucleus is often folded, indented, or dumb-bell shaped.