r/medlabprofessionals • u/_backtowinnipeg • 13d ago

Image Saw this on a dog smear today 🐾

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u/marshmallcws 12d ago

tiny paw

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u/adolescenthammock8 12d ago

probably a neutrophil doing its best impression of a crime scene investigator

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u/Zukazuk MLS-Serology 12d ago

Aw

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u/GhostlyWhale 12d ago

Omg precious. What is it? This post was just recommended to me.

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u/_backtowinnipeg 12d ago

Apoptotic neutrophil on a peripheral blood film

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u/xgbsss MLS-Management 12d ago

Lol, "aww look at that little neutrophil dying. Is your little nucleus lysing? Yes it is, yes it is! ❤️❤️"

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u/Xsiah 12d ago

I bet that's an answer they didn't expect 

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u/Just_to_rebut 12d ago

Apoptotic means the cell is dying, but in a controlled way (so normal, healthy I think…)

Please someone correct me if I’m wrong…

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u/angelofox MLS-Generalist 12d ago

Toe beans!

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u/QuesoDip82 12d ago

a Fritocyte 😜

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u/lakhila MLS-Generalist 12d ago

So cute!

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u/hoyitscereza 12d ago

A clue! A clue!

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u/jhaymaker 12d ago

Pawcyte

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u/4melooking49 12d ago

❤️❤️❤️

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u/PensionNo8124 12d ago

Nice pawtrophil!!

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u/colossal_harlan 12d ago

that little cluster really does look like a paw print lol, nature's way of keeping lab work entertaining

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u/OcculticAcid MLS-Generalist 12d ago

paw beans

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u/benjielc3 12d ago

It's Blue's Clue

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u/kingrico 12d ago

They look very cute.

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u/PlatinumYeast MLS-Generalist 12d ago

Zoinks

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u/-Silberpfeil 12d ago

🐾🐾🐾

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u/Back2DaLab 12d ago

Kinda looks like the MySpace logo too.

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u/Natuur1911 12d ago

woof :3

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u/KittenNicken 11d ago

Finally found a blue's clue in the wild huh?

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u/CookedInaction 11d ago

That cluster of dark staining is gonna make someone's day way more interesting than expected, nice catch.