Faggot cells are cells normally found in the hypergranular form of

acute promyelocytic leukemia Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML, APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer of the white blood cells. In APL, there is an abnormal accumulation of immature granulocytes called promyelocytes. The disease is characterized by a ...

(FAB - M3). These promyelocytes (not blast cells) have numerous Auer rods in the

cytoplasm In cell biology, the cytoplasm is all of the material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus. The material inside the nucleus and contained within the nuclear membrane is termed the nucleoplasm. The ...

which gives the appearance of a bundle of sticks, from which the cells are given their name.

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{{Reflist Human cells Pathology Hematology Acute myeloid leukemia

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