RT Book, Section A1 MA, Lichtman A1 MS, Shafer A1 RE, Felgar A1 N, Wang SR Print(0) ID 1138037244 T1 Basophil T2 Lichtman's Atlas of Hematology 2016 YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071602679 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138037244 RD 2024/04/19 AB Graphic Jump LocationView Full Size||Download Slide (.ppt)II.E.001Normal basophil. Blood film. The field contains a basophil and lymphocyte. The dark blue basophilic granules characteristically obscure the nucleus. The granules are relatively large and easily resolved with the light microscope. In this case some cytoplasmic basophilic granules were lost in film preparation and the cell is partially degranulated as a result of the trauma of preparation. This finding is common in blood films.