Abstract
Abnormalities of leukocyte number are commonly encountered in medical practice. The clinical significance of leukocytosis or leukopenia varies from none at all to being an early clue to a life-threatening process, whether that is a primary hematologic or secondary reactive process. Potential causes of leukocytosis or leukopenia are myriad. This chapter considers disorders faced by adult practitioners in hospital and outpatient clinics where the predominant hematologic abnormality is neutrophilic leukocytosis, neutropenia, monocytosis, or monocytopenia; other chapters consider lymphocytosis, lymphopenia, eosinophilia, pancytopenia, and hematologic neoplasms.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Hematology |
| Subtitle of host publication | Basic Principles and Practice, Eighth Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 698-707 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323733885 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2022 |
Keywords
- leukocytosis
- monocytopenia
- monocytosis
- neutropenia
- neutrophilia
- neutrophilic leukocytosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine