“Macropolycyte” in peripheral smear is a feature of
Correct Answer: Megaloblastic anaemia
Description: (D) Megaloblastic anaemia # Certain morphologic features are common to all forms of MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA.> The peripheral blood reveals marked variation in the size & shape of red cells (Anisocytosis), which are nonetheless normochromic.> Many erythrocytes are macrocytic & oval (macroovalocytes), with mean corpuscular volumes above 100 mm3 (normal, 82 to 92).> Neutrophils too are larger than normal (macro polymorphonuclear) & are hypersegmented, that is, have five to six or more nuclear lobules.
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