title: Light microscopic characteristics of megathrombocytes in platelet spreading preparations.
abstract: In platelet spreading preparations some characteristics of unusually large "megathrombocytes" were examined with the light microscope. The appearance of the extremely large spreading forms was a sign for onset of brisk platelet reproduction in severe acute thrombocytopenic states.
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000648:ultrastructure