What does it mean to have myelocytes present in a peripheral blood smear?

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What does it mean to have myelocytes present in a peripheral blood smear?

myelocytes are immature leukocytes

2006-07-14 14:53:10 · 3 answers · asked by cellfish 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases

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myelocytes (mi'-el-o-sits) [Greek. myelos, marrow; kytos, cell] Bone marrow cells from which leucocytes (the white corpuscles of the blood. In the blood stream they are spherical, colourless, nucleated masses, and some are motile and phagocytic) develop. Present in the blood in some pathological condtions, e.g., leukaemia.
Please see the webpage for more details on Leukemia.

2006-07-14 16:35:24 · answer #1 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Myelocytes Peripheral Blood

2017-01-19 10:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

It depends on how many and what else is happening. In large numbers they may mean leukemia.

2006-07-14 15:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋