A Patient 2 Years of Age Presents with General Fatigue

A patient 2 years of age presents with general fatigue, pallor, fever, and weight loss.The morphological exam reveals a normal leukocyte count, marked neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, with 35% blasts.A bone marrow smear reveals hypercellularity with neoplastic lymphoid cells.What cytochemical stains should be performed on the peripheral blood?

A) PAS, TdT
B) Iron stain and Wright-Giemsa
C) Sudan Black B, myeloperoxidase, and nonspecific esterase
D) PAS and acid phosphatase

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