Monthly Archives: January 2012

Here is another case from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. Margit Grome, Biomedical Laboratory Scientist, and her colleague Lennarth Friis-Hansen M.D., give you the details:

A woman, age 32 was hospitalized at the department of Infectious Diseases.
A CSF was collected and sent to the lab.
The results were:

• Erythrocytes: 2280 x 106/l
• Leukocytes:    339 x 106/l
• Glucose:  0,8 mmol/l    (ref; 2,2 – 3,9)
• Protein:  1,68 g/l         (ref: 0,15 – 0,50)

A Cytospin-smear was prepared and MGG-stained. Differential count was performed using the CellaVision Body Fluid Application and the CellaVision DM96.

The cells looked like this:

The analysis showed:

• 50 %  Neutrophils
• 16 %  Lymphocytes
• 0,5 % Eosinophil
• 22 %  Monocytes/macrophages

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This case presents a 60 year old male that came to the hospital with abdominal pain, pain in the neck and armpits and sore throat. He also suffered from night sweats and fever.

What are your thoughts about the man’s condition?

Click to enlarge the cells.