Pesudoneutopenia in a 53 years old man with helicobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Neutrophil aggregation is a rare finding in peripheral blood smear. It may result in pseudonetropenia by automated hematology analyzer. A few case reports of Neutrophil aggregation is observed in association of some diseases such as: malignancy, Systemic Lupus Erythematous ,infection, psychiatric drugs and with use of Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic acid(EDTA) as an anticoagulant. Here we report Neutrophil aggregation in peripheral blood smear of a 53 years old man with peptic ulcer and with low WBC count report in Sysmex KX21N. Keywords: pseudonetropenia, Helicobacter pylori, neutrophil, leukopenia, EDTA
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Fatemeh Khajeh, Seyed ala Kazemeini
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