Oncohematology

Blasts in Blood Smear with Normal Leukocyte Count

Clinical case: discovery of blast cells in the peripheral blood of an 83-year-old female patient with pneumonia and absolute lymphocytosis, despite a normal leukocyte count.

BLASTS in an 83-year-old female patient hospitalized with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. The total leukocyte count is normal – 8.37x109/L, with absolute lymphocytosis – 5.49x109/L.

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics physician Rizilya Amerkhanova, Kazan