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'''Staining''': May Grunwald-Giemsa
[[File:CML - overview.png|thumb|Much higher WBC/RBC ratio than normal|311x311px]]'''Staining''': May Grunwald-Giemsa


'''Organ''': Blood smear
'''Organ''': Blood smear
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* Philadelphia chromosome (t(9;22))
* Philadelphia chromosome (t(9;22))


'''Theory''':
'''Theory''':[[File:CML - mature and immature cells.png|thumb|Mature and immature cells|312x312px]]''The CML slide I have is different than the one in class, so there’s no point in an overview picture. The characteristics are the same anyway''.
 
''The CML slide I have is different than the one in class, so there’s no point in an overview picture. The characteristics are the same anyway''.


CML involves an extreme proliferation of the myeloid cell line, which includes those cell lines that develop from myeloblasts into basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils (not monocytes). Because of this can we see many immature WBCs in the peripheral blood smear. These immature cells are large, have small cytoplasm and large nuclei.
CML involves an extreme proliferation of the myeloid cell line, which includes those cell lines that develop from myeloblasts into basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils (not monocytes). Because of this can we see many immature WBCs in the peripheral blood smear. These immature cells are large, have small cytoplasm and large nuclei.


''The cell types you must recognize are mature neutrophils (segmented nucleus) and immature cells.''
''The cell types you must recognize are mature neutrophils (segmented nucleus) and immature cells.''
[[File:CML - overview.png|center|thumb|Much higher WBC/RBC ratio than normal]]
[[File:CML - mature and immature cells.png|center|thumb|Mature and immature cells]]
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]]
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]]