Description:

Large cell in the shape of an irregular rhombus, similar in appearance to the reticuloendothelial cell.

Size:

15 - 30 µm.

Cytoplasm:

Stains polychromatophilic (gray-violet), rarely basophilic (blue). There are a few azurophilic granules in it, sometimes in the shape of shorter rods.

Nucleus:

Oval, showing a fine reticular chromatin network, stains red.

Nucleoli

1-3 nucleoli.