White Blood Cell Disorders and Platelets:: 8. Miscellaneous Smear Reviews

Ungraded Practice Question

A most useful follow-up test to consider when faced with hypersegmented neutrophils and oval macrocytes (see photograph) in a peripheral blood smear is:

Please select the single best answer

Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
Bone marrow aspiration
Vitamin B12 assay
None of the above--normal neutrophil

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