Blood, 1957, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 443-447.
© 1957 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Morphology and Cytochemistry of the Granule-Vacuole
Body of Leukemic Cells
G. ADOLPH ACKERMAN 1
1 Department of Anatomy, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.
A rare and hitherto undescribed vacuole-like structure, the granule-vacuole
body, found in the cytoplasm of certain cells of granulocytic and monocytic
leukemia has been described morphologically and cytochemically. This inclusion has been compared with the cytoplasmic granules and Auer bodies occurring in leukemic cells.
Submitted on August 13, 1956
Accepted on October 22, 1956