Thrombocytes: increases, reductions, and anomalies may be seen
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e Fig. 59 e Large thrombocyte (1) in thrombocytopenia. Thrombocyte-like fragments from destroyed granulocytes (cytoplasmic fragments) (2), which have the same structure and staining characteristics as the cytoplasm of band granulocytes (3). Clinical status of sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation. In automated counters cytoplasmic fragments are included in the thrombocyte fraction.
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