A technologist is performing a body fluid analysis on a CSF specimen recently received in the laboratory.Four CSF tubes were sent to the body fluids bench.The tech notices that all four specimens seem moderately blood-tinged equally.Moderate xanthochromia was also noted.He performs the cytospin differential and notices many macrophages with black crystals and round, pink intracellular bodies.What is the most likely reason for the aforementioned findings?

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The findings suggest a subarachnoid hemorrhage, not a subdural hemorrhage, due to the presence of xanthochromia and macrophages with hemosiderin (black crystals) and erythrophagocytosis (pink bodies).

A Technologist Is Performing a Body Fluid Analysis on a CSF