What Is the Concern If Pelger-Huët Anomaly Is Not Recognized

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is the concern if Pelger-Huët anomaly is not recognized?

• A)Without treatment, the patient will probably die.
• B)The cells could be misclassified as immature neutrophils, indicating that the patient has a bacterial infection when he or she does not.
• C)The patient could develop pseudo-Pelger-Huët followed by leukemia.
• D)The cells could be misclassified as blasts, indicating that the patient has acute leukemia when he or she does not.

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution, aiming to provide an accurate description of the entire data set.

Median

The middle value in a data set, which divides the set into two equal halves, with an equal number of data points above and below it.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set. A mode can be used as a measure of central tendency, especially for categorical data.

Histogram

A type of graph that represents the distribution of numerical data by showing the number of data points that fall into various ranges or bins.