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Virtual lab 3

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Q Directions: The following differential white blood cell data was taken from 5 different patients. Each white blood cell profile fits one of the patients. Use this data to answer questions 1-4 Hint: You can get the answers by reading the text on leukocytes in section 17.4 of the textbook and the appendix of this document. Table One: Differential white blood cell counts derived from different patients. % Neutrophils % Eosinophils % Basophils % Monocytes % Lymphocytes Normal Baseline data 50-70% 2-4% 0.5%-1% 3-8% 25-45% Patient A 60 10 1 8 21 Patient B 62 10 5 3 20 Patient C 76.5 1 0.5 2 20 Patient D 18 0 0 1 81 Patient E 62.5 2 0.5 15 20 1. One patient has been diagnosed with leukemia. From the patients above which one is most likely suffering from leukemia? Explain your reasoning.

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Answer: From the above list, it seems that patient E has leukemia. From the given values of each white blood cells’ categories, I have interpreted the result. For a leukemia patient, the basophil will be 0-1, eosinophil is 1-2, monocyte is 10-15, neutrophil is 62-65 and lymphocyte percentage is 20-30%. The values of patient E are nearest to the example values. So, based on this, I can say so that patient E is suffering from leukemia.