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Monocytosis
| Monocytosis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Hematology  |
Monocytosis is an increase in the number of monocytes circulating in the blood.[1] Monocytes are white blood cells that give rise to macrophages and dendritic cells in the immune system.
In humans, monocytosis occurs when there is a sustained rise in monocyte counts greater than 800/mm3 to 1000/mm3.[2]
Monocytosis has sometimes been called mononucleosis,[3] but that name is usually reserved specifically for infectious mononucleosis.
- ^ "monocytosis" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Rice, Lawrence; Jung, Moonjung (2018). "Neutrophilic Leukocytosis, Neutropenia, Monocytosis, and Monocytopenia". In Hoffman, Ronald; Benz, Edward J.; Heslop, Helen; Silberstein, Leslie E.; Weitz, Jeffrey; Anastasi, John (eds.). Hematology. pp. 675–681. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-35762-3.00048-2. ISBN 978-0-323-35762-3.
- ^ Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier.
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