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Case-study 2
A 35-year-old woman presents to her primary physician with a several month history
of slowly progressive fatigue.
CBC Data:
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Case-study 3
CBC Data
The peripheral blood smear reveals a marked leukocytosis with neutrophilia, a few
myelocytes and promyelocytes, rare blasts, and a basophilia (4300/μL).
The bone marrow (BM) aspiration and biopsy reveal a markedly hypercellular BM
(99% cellular) with small megakaryocytic forms and a markedly increased
Myeloid:Erythroid ratio of 29:1.
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Case-study 4
A 22-year-old college student presents with a recent history of sore throat, fever, and
palpable cervical lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly.
CBC Data
CBC Data
Case-study 6
Case-history 7
Case-study 8
A 39-year-old female was referred for CBC testing by her family physician. CBC
demonstrated slight leukocytosis with absolute neutrophilia, eosinophilia and
basophilia. The CBC also demonstrated a normocytic, normochromic anemia. The
family physician had noted pallor and splenomegaly.
Case-study 9
A 55-year-old male was referred by an orthopaedic specialist for a CBC.
Platelet Parameter Results:
Platelet count (× 103 /µL) – 19 (normal range 150-400)
MPV (fL) – 14 (normal range 8-12)
PDW (fL) – 16 (normal range 9-15)
IPF (%) – 12 (normal range 0.5-7)
Platelet Morphology – Few giant platelets noted
Platelet histogram for case study 9.
The dotted line represents a normal histogram. The solid line represents the patient
histogram.
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Case-study 10
A 38-year-old female was referred for a CBC by her internal medicine physician.