Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Hematologic Emergency in the Critical Care Setting

Figure 1

Images of the bone marrow. (a) Bone marrow aspirate smear, 1000x magnification, shows a hemophagocyte which engulfed 7 separate red blood cells (red arrows) and 2 platelets (green arrow). Yellow arrow points to a nuclei of histiocyte; (b) bone marrow clot section, EBV-encoded RNA (EBER) staining of the bone marrow revealing extensive EBV infected lymphocytes in the background (dark nuclear stain).

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