Abnormalities in WBC & Their clinical significance Most of the abnormalities in white cells are seen in neutrophils, only the most common ones have been discussed here.

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Ms Ankita R Bhatiya
Assistant Professor
Shree P.M.Patel COLLEGE OF
PARAMEDICAL SCIENCE N TECHNOLOGY

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 Abnormalities in WBC & Their clinical
significance
 Most of the abnormalities in white cells are
seen in neutrophils, only the most common
ones have been discussed here.

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1. Toxic granulation
a) Neutrophils contain prominent granules
b) It may be due to severe bacterial
infection and also in some hereditary
disorders

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2. Vacuoles
a) Occurrence of vacuoles in the cytoplasm
and nucleus
b) It is observed in conditions such as
severe infections, burns, chemical
poisoning and in malignancy

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3. Dohle bodies
a) Appearance of small round or oval light
blue stained bodies in the cytoplasm
b) Appear in severe infections, burns and on
exposure to toxic agent

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4. Hyper segmentation
a) In segmented Neutrophils more than 4
lobes are seen
b) May be due to inherited disorder. Also
seen in macrocytic anaemias

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5. Hypo segmentation
a)Failure of normal lobe development (Less
than 3).
b) It occurs in acute myelocytic Leukaemia,
severe infections, toxic states and in
hereditary disorders

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6.Auer bodies:
a)Needle like red-purple cytoplasmic
inclusions
b) Found in myeloblasts with Roimanowsky
stains, in case of acute myelogenous
leukaemia

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7.Smudge cells
a) Basket like cells with no cellular wall.
These are degenerated lymphocytes
Presence of few smudge cells is probably
due to faulty technique and it is considered
normal. However, appearance of large
nullifier is associated with chronic
lymphocytic leukaemia.