[Cytoplasm fragmentation of malignant lymphoma cells]

The development of auricles as well as the crumbling away of plasma particles to be observed on the plasma margins of malignant myeloblasts, lymphoid cells, and histiocytes are well-known appearances. Sometimes a pseudothrombocytosis will be caused by these fragments, with a size roughly corresponding to that of thrombocytes. The findings obtained in the course of the investigations seem to indicate that the justified suspicion for lymphoplasmacytoid immunocytoma can already be made by simultaneously determining the fragmentation phenomenon and the "snowflake symptom", investigations will be required for elucidating the cause and significance of fragmentation.