Nuclear Variations

Hyposegmentation of Neutrophils

Hyposegmented cells are neutrophils with fewer than three nuclear lobes. The nucleus may be round, peanut-shaped, band-shaped or bilobed. Since nuclear lobe development is abnormal, the chromatin structure often appears more mature than normal. It is sometimes very smooth, almost pyknotic.

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