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Color Atlas of Hematology - Practical Microscopic and Clinical ...

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Prevalence <strong>of</strong> Polynuclear (Segmented) Cells111Causes <strong>of</strong> Neutrophilia➤ All kinds <strong>of</strong> stress➤ Pregnancy➤ Connective tissue diseases➤ Tissue necrosis, e.g., after myocardial or pulmonary infarction➤ Acidosis <strong>of</strong> various etiologies, e.g., nephrogenic diabetes insipidus➤ Medications, drugs, or noxious chemicals, such as– Nicotine– Corticosteroids– Adrenaline– Digitalis– Allopurinol– Barbiturates– Lithium– Streptomycin– SulfonamideThrombocytesElectrophoresisTentativediagnosisn n Acute bacterialinfection(possibly withleukemoidreaction)n/ n Smoker’sleukocytosisn// n Chronicmyeloidleukemia(CML)n// n Osteomyelosclerosisn/ n Polycythemiawith concomitantleukocytosisEvidence/advanceddiagnosticsSearch for diseasefocusAnamnesisCytogenetics,BCR-ABLTear-drop-shapederythrocytesBonemarrowIn progressivedisease: bonemarrow analysis(DD myeloproliferativedisease)Completebone marrowanalysis, allfractionsOften dry tap bone marrowhistologyRef.pagep. 112p. 112p. 116p. 122p. 162n n ReactiveeosinophiliaSearch for diseasefocus/allergenp. 124

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