PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 107

A 16-year-old girl is brought in by her mother who is concerned that she appears to be losing weight. The mother reports the girl has been on “every diet known” since she was 12 and most recently has refused to eat anything except whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. The girl says that she has lost weight because she has very little appetite, that she has intermittent bouts of diarrhea, and that she is happy about the 10 lb she has lost since starting her new “earth friendly” diet. When asked if she ever has numbness or tingling in her feet, she replies “sometimes.” What is the expected finding on peripheral blood smear?
- A. hypersegmented neutrophils
- B. microcytosis
- C. target cells
- D. thrombocytosis

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