Tuesday, 14 October 2014

PLATELET COUNT IN VIRAL FEVERS


LOW PLATELET COUNT ON CELL COUNTER.  A COMMON PROBLEM IN VIRAL FEVERS. 


THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD FILM SOMETIMES SHOWS PLATELET CLUMPS WHICH WERE MISSED ON THE CELL COUNTER LEADING TO REPORT OF FALSE LOW PLATELET COUNT


TAIL OF BLOOD FILM SHOWING LARGE PLATELET CLUMPS. THE CELL COUNTER READING WAS 5000 PLATELETS PER CU.MM

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