KUMJ | VOL. 20 | NO. 2 | ISSUE 78 | APRIL - JUNE 2022
Platelet Satellitism in a Patient with Bronchial Asthma
Koju S, Vaidhya N, Twitwi R, Shankhadev R, Pote N
Abstract: Platelet satellitism is uncommon phenomenon characterized by formation of
platelet rosette around polymorphonuclear leucocytes in blood smear prepared
from Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid anticoagulated blood. This phenomenon
may cause reporting of spurious thrombocytopenia unless proper examination
of blood smears. Here we describe a case of platelet satellitism in a 29 year
old female which has been incidentally found on evaluation of eosinophilia in a
bronchial asthma patient.
Keyword : Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Platelet satellitism, Pseduothrombocytopenia
