| Case 9 |
| History: | |
| 18 year old male student from south of iran. Came to the emergency room with symptoms of fever, shaking chills, nausea, and generalized malaise; occurring intermittently over the past five days. | |
| Physical Exam: | |
| Fever of 103.3°F. Tachycardia with a heart rate of 122.Otherwise within normal limits. |
| RBC 5.85 x 10[12]/L | |
| HGB 13.3 g/dL | |
| HCT 41.8 % | |
| MCV 71.5 fL | |
| MCH 22.7 pg | |
| MCHC 31.8 g/dL | |
| RDW 12.1 | |
| WBC 6.2 x 10[9]/L)N 89 % L 8 M 2 E 1 B 0( | |
| PLT 102 x 10[9]/L |
| Questions |
What morphologic alterations are seen in this blood smear field?