id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-275699-hdmeyomt Singh, Aminder Morphology of COVID-19–affected cells in peripheral blood film 2020-05-27 .txt text/plain 1098 83 50 Peripheral blood films showing various neutrophils with C-shaped, fetus-like COVID nuclei (black arrowheads) with aberrant nuclear projections (blue arrowhead). Peripheral blood films showing activated monocytes with prominent cytoplasmic vacuolisation and a few granules (small red arrow). Her complete blood count (CBC) showed leucocytosis with neutrophilia, relative lymphocytopaenia, and monocytopaenia initially with subsequent improvement in the number of monocytes on the fifth day onwards. Most of the lymphocytes were seen as large granular lymphocytes (LGL) with round to indented nuclei, condensed chromatin, prominent nucleoli in a few, along with abundant pale blue cytoplasm with distinct variably sized azurophilic granules (figure 2). ► COVID-19 viral effects on leucocytes are associated with characteristic changes that can be readily identified on PBF and can be easily and serially monitored, which could help in the diagnosis, prognostication and treatment protocols. ./cache/cord-275699-hdmeyomt.txt ./txt/cord-275699-hdmeyomt.txt