A Patient Has a Fever and a WBC of 25

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient has a fever and a WBC of 25 × 10⁹/L with bands and metamyelocytes present. Which of the following conditions describes these results?

• A) Reactive leukopenia
• B) Pseudoneutrophilia
• C) Left shift
• D) May-Hegglin anomaly

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