PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Hart, William R.
AU  - Rafael Valenzuela
AU  - James T. McMahon
AU  - Frank J. Glassy
AU  - Joseph A. Golish
AU  - Vincent Caggiano
TI  - An unusual ultrastructural neutrophil abnormality of unknown function
DP  - 1987 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 49--54
VI  - 54
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/1/49.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/1/49.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1987 Jan 01; 54
AB  - An unusual ultrastructural abnormality of neutrophils is reported in two patients who had bronchogenic carcinoma and idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, respectively. The abnormal neutrophils contained numerous elongated nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions measuring up to 3 by 0.1 μm. Although the chemical nature, etiology, and functional significance of these inclusions are unknown, they may represent an acquired and reversible neutrophil disorder. In contrast to earlier reported cases, neither patient had infectious complications when the abnormality was found.