Monocytosis Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Monocytosis and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| An increase in the predominant cell type in this illustration is indicative of: | View Page |
| A peripheral blood smear with many myeloid cells (photograph) was presented for morphology review. Toxic vacuoles in the neutrophil and monocyte most likely represent: | View Page |
| A peripheral smear was submitted for morphology/clinical because of the number of monocytes as captured in the upper and lower photographs. This picture is consistent with each of the following conditions except: | View Page |
| Case History 2 An 80 year old man was seen in the emergency room with sudden onset of right sided chest pain accentuated on inspiration. His cough was productive of yellow sputum, and he was short of breath.His temperature was 101.2F. A chest X-ray revealed right middle lobe pneumonia. His hemoglobin was 15.2 gm/dl, HCT 44%, and RBC 4.5 m/ml. The white blood count was 35,000/cuml, with 45% neutrophils, 20% bands, 5% lymphocytes, 3% eosinophils, 2% basophils, and 25% atypical monocytes as noted in the photograph.The atypical monocytes had abundant blue-grey cytoplasm with a few scattered vacuoles, which, in company with toxic neutrophils appeared to be a response to infection.The patient had a past history of tuberculosis which may account for the monocytosis. | View Page |