KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 37 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 23-year-old patient with acute pulpitis has elevated body temperature and an increase in the WBC count up to 14 · 10⁹/L. The leucogram is as follows: basophils - 0, eosinophils - 2, myelocytes - 0, immature neutrophils - 4, stab neutrophils - 8, segmented neutrophils - 56, lymphocytes - 26, monocytes - 4. How can we interpret these changes in the white blood cells?
- A. Neutrophilic leukocytosis with a right shift
- B. Neutrophilia with a degenerative left shift
- C. Lymphocytosis
- D. Neutrophilia with a hyperregenerative left shift
- E. Neutrophilia with a regenerative left shift
Hint
Compare the proportions of young neutrophil forms (metamyelocytes and stab cells) with the total WBC count and the presence or absence of myelocytes.
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