1. Unusual finding of a megakaryocyte in a peripheral blood smear
- Author
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Hooman H. Rashidi and Nam K. Ku
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0301 basic medicine ,Diagnostic Imaging ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030231 tropical medicine ,Immunology ,Biochemistry ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Megakaryocyte ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Platelet ,Myelofibrosis ,Aged ,Thrombocytosis ,Past medical history ,Blood Specimen Collection ,Leukopenia ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Essential thrombocythemia ,business.industry ,Complete blood count ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,Normocytic anemia ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Primary Myelofibrosis ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Megakaryocytes - Abstract
[Figure][1] A 70-year-old woman presented with a past medical history of essential thrombocythemia (ET) that progressed to post-ET myelofibrosis (MF). Complete blood count showed normocytic anemia (8.2 g/dL), leukopenia (2.2 × 109/L), and normal platelet count (345 × 109/L). The blood
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- 2017