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'''Faggot cells''' are cells normally found in the hypergranular form of ] (FAB - M3). These promyelocytes (not blast cells) have numerous ] in the ] which gives the appearance of two ] having ], from which the cells are given their name.<ref>Lichtman, Marshall A., Shafer, Jean A., Felgar, Raymond E., and Wang, Nancy. ''Lichtman's Atlas of Hematology''.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth D. McClatchey|title=Clinical laboratory medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PJVLH1NmQAC&pg=PA909|access-date=6 December 2011|year=2002|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=978-0-683-30751-1|pages=909–}}</ref> '''Faggot cells''' are cells normally found in the hypergranular form of ] (FAB - M3). These promyelocytes (not blast cells) have numerous ] in the ] which gives the appearance of a ], from which the cells are given their name.<ref>Lichtman, Marshall A., Shafer, Jean A., Felgar, Raymond E., and Wang, Nancy. ''Lichtman's Atlas of Hematology''.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth D. McClatchey|title=Clinical laboratory medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PJVLH1NmQAC&pg=PA909|access-date=6 December 2011|year=2002|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=978-0-683-30751-1|pages=909–}}</ref>


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A faggot cell (bottom left) with a prominent collection of Auer rods from a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Faggot cells are cells normally found in the hypergranular form of acute promyelocytic leukemia (FAB - M3). These promyelocytes (not blast cells) have numerous Auer rods in the cytoplasm which gives the appearance of a bundle of sticks, from which the cells are given their name.

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References

  1. Lichtman, Marshall A., Shafer, Jean A., Felgar, Raymond E., and Wang, Nancy. Lichtman's Atlas of Hematology.
  2. Kenneth D. McClatchey (2002). Clinical laboratory medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 909–. ISBN 978-0-683-30751-1. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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