A healthy individual has his blood drawn as a part of a routine physical. The laboratician performing the differential notes a neutrophil with a nucleus that appears dumbbell shaped
After scanning the entire slide, it appears that the vast majority of neutrophils have the same nuclei. All other leukocytes appear normal. The conclusion from this is that the patient has:
a. May-Hegglin anomaly
b. Hypersegmented neutrophils
c. Pelger-Huët anomaly
d. Alder-Reilly anomaly
Correct Answer: C
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