Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9137802 | Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This report describes a patient with intra-leukocytic hemosiderin inclusions associated with iron overload and acute infection. These inclusions resulted in a false identification of eosinophils rather than neutrophils using an automated analyzer. The analyzer interpreted the aberrant increased depolarization as a reflection of eosinophils. No eosinophils were found by examination of the blood smear. The implications for the hematology morphologist is that visual inspection of a blood smear is nearly always indicated whenever any departure from strict normality is noted in the output from an automated blood cell counter.
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Authors
George T. Roberts, J. Leonard Perry, Abdullah Al-Jefri, Colin Stephen Scott,