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General and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602

    Virtual Slide: This 22 year-old female college student complains of a sore throat


    		 This 20 year-old female college student has been in good health all her life, but developed a fever and sore throat 2 days ago. Physical exam reveals a red and injected throat with tonsilar enlargement and exudate. There are several enlarged and tender cervical lymph nodes.

    WBC  8.4 X 103   RBC  4.5 Cold Agglutinin  Neg
              Percent   HGB  13.2 Heterophile       Pos
    NE       42   HCT    42  
    LY        30   MCV    80  
    MO       10   MCH    25.2  
    EO         3   MCHC   27.2  
    BA         1   RDW     10.1  
    Atypical lymphs  14   PLT    210 X 103 Reference values?
        MPV     7.2  
    Click the green box in the smear above to see the slide using the virtual microscope. Describe what you see and then answer the following questions.

    What's the deal with these cells?