Diagnostic Laboratory Section

EOSINOPHILS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES

• Small granule appear brick-red on staining with Romanowsky stains. Shorter and less segmented nuclei and the cytoplasm is pale blue.

	Eosinophils contain pink cytoplasmic granules of variable size
	Rod shaped granules, partially cover the nucleus
	Eosinophils are characterized by small, round eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm
	Large round irregular sized orange red stained granules (Pomegranate seeds like)