Atypical Mononuclear Cells
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What is Atypical Mononuclear Cells?
Unusual-looking mononuclear white blood cells that a lab may note on a blood smear.
Mononuclear cells are white blood cells with a single rounded nucleus, mainly lymphocytes and monocytes. When some look unusual under the microscope, a lab may report them as atypical mononuclear cells, shown as a share of the white blood cells. Their presence can be associated with the body reacting to a viral infection or other immune activity. This is a finding a lab sees on a blood smear rather than an automated result.
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