Test Findings
 

Hypersegmented Neutrophils

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Overview

  • "Right shift" refers to the presence of hypersegmented neutrophils, with five or more nuclear lobes.
    • Hypersegmented Neutrophils
       
  • This finding is characteristic of megaloblastic anaemia, though may also occur with myelodysplastic syndrome.
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