Nuclear Variations

Pelger-Huet Anomaly

Pelger-Huet anomaly is the inherited form of neutrophilic hyposegmentation. Its transmittance is autosomal dominant and the anomaly is present in one out of 6000 people. When present, all of the neutrophils will be hyposegmented; however, the homozygous state will have increased number of cells with singular round nucleus and decreased numbers of the bilobed forms.

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