Hematology

Megaloblasts in Blood Smear with Macrocytic Anemia

A clinical case of severe macrocytic anemia: neutrophil hypersegmentation and megaloblasts in peripheral blood, Sysmex XN analyzer parameters.

Peripheral blood smear of a 56-year-old woman.

Macrocytic hyperchromic anemia according to blood test results from a Sysmex XN hematology analyzer.

Hypersegmented neutrophils, as well as basophilic and polychromatophilic megaloblasts, were found in the peripheral blood smear.

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics physician Nastya Bogatenkova, Moscow.