Granulocytosis
In
medicine
,
granulocytosis
is the presence in
peripheral blood
of an increased number of
granulocytes
, a category of
white blood cells
. Often, the word refers to an increased
neutrophil granulocyte
count, as neutrophils are the main granulocytes. Granulocytosis can be a feature of a number of diseases:
Infection
, especially
bacterial
Malignancy
, most notably
leukemia
(it is the main feature of
chronic myelogenous leukemia
, CML)
Autoimmune disease
In
cardiovascular disease
, increased
white blood cell
counts have been shown to indicate a worse prognosis.
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