03-19-2008, 08:38 AM
A 19-year-old college student presents to the student health center complaining of sore throat and headache. She reports that she had been feeling tired and worn-down for the past few weeks, but attributed it to her busy schedule at school. She denies feeling sad or depressed. On physical exam, she has enlarged posterior chain neck lymph nodes. A peripheral blood smear is looked at by the physician. What histology is likely to be seen on the peripheral blood smear?
A. Knobs on RBC membranes and intrerythrocyte organisms
B. Microspherocytes
C. Normal peripheral blood smear
D. All stages of granulocyte maturation
E. Atypical lymphocytes with clumped chromatin and irregular nuclei surrounded by normal RBCs
A. Knobs on RBC membranes and intrerythrocyte organisms
B. Microspherocytes
C. Normal peripheral blood smear
D. All stages of granulocyte maturation
E. Atypical lymphocytes with clumped chromatin and irregular nuclei surrounded by normal RBCs