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Fórmula leucocitaria - Results

Nombres alternativos

Diferencial sanguíneo; Fórmula leucocítica o recuento leucocitario

Valores normales:

  • Neutrófilos: 40 a 60%
  • Linfocitos: 20 a 40%
  • Monocitos: 2 a 8%
  • Eosinófilos: 1 a 4%
  • Basófilos: 0.5 a 1%
  • En banda (neutrófilos jóvenes): 0 a 3%

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Cualquier infección o estrés agudo ocasiona un aumento en la producción de GB. Los conteos altos de glóbulos blancos pueden deberse a inflamación, una respuesta inmunitaria o hemopatías como la leucemia.

Es importante saber que el aumento anormal de un tipo de leucocito puede causar una disminución en los porcentajes de otros tipos de glóbulos blancos.

Un aumento del porcentaje de neutrófilos puede deberse a:

Una disminución en el porcentaje de neutrófilos puede deberse a:

Un aumento en el porcentaje de linfocitos puede deberse a:

Una disminución en el porcentaje de linfocitos puede deberse a:

Un aumento del porcentaje de monocitos puede deberse a:

  • Enfermedad inflamatoria crónica.
  • Infección parasitaria.
  • Tuberculosis.
  • Infección viral (por ejemplo, mononucleosis infecciosa, paperas, sarampión).

Un aumento en el porcentaje de eosinófilos puede deberse a:

Una disminución en el porcentaje de basófilos puede deberse a:

  • Reacción alérgica aguda.
  • Reviewed last on: 2/13/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Bagby GC. Leukopenia and leukocytosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 173.

Dinauer MC, Coates TD. Disorders of phagocyte function and number. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Shattil SJ, et al, eds. Hoffman Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2008:chap 50.

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