63 Neutrophil Hypersegmentation
Valentin Villatoro and Michelle To
Neutrophil Hypersegmentation
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- This smear demonstrates a hypersegmented neutrophil. 100x magnification. From MLS Collection, University of Alberta, https://doi.org/10.7939/R3GT5FX0V
If there are many mature granulocytes that have a nucleus with 5 or more lobes, they are considered to be hypersegmented.1
Related Conditions:2
Megaloblastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Chronic Infections
References:
1. Landis-Piwowar K. Granulocytes and Monocytes. In: Clinical laboratory hematology. 3rd ed. New Jersey: Pearson; 2015. p. 97-121.
2. Rodak BF, Carr JH. Nuclear and cytoplasmic changes in leukocytes. In: Clinical hematology atlas. 5th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Inc.; 2017. p. 131-38.
