KROK 1 2023 – Question 22 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
The study of a blood smear obtained from a patient with an inflammatory process detects a large number of round cells with a segmented nucleus (three or more segments) and fine pink-violet granulation in the cytoplasm. What blood cells were detected?
- A. Erythrocytes
- B. Neutrophilic granulocytes
- C. Lymphocytes
- D. Basophilic granulocytes
- E. Eosinophilic granulocytes
Hint
Look for the white cell that is the most numerous in acute bacterial inflammation, recognised by a multilobed nucleus and tiny, faintly stained granules.
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