Is A CBC Comment Of Adequate With Clumps And Giant Platelets Seen At 37 Weeks Of Pregnancy Normal?

Posted on Wed, 4 Jul 2018

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Question : Hi My wife is 37 weeks pregnant. today we have received CBC and urine CUE reports.
in CBC comment is : Adequate with clumps and giant platelets seen.

I have attached reports.please check

Answered by Dr. Deepti Verma (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Normal report

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Clumps of blood cells can occur due to sampling error.
Giant platelets are normal variant until the platelet count is less than one lac per CMM.
The hemoglobin levels are normal and urine is also normal.
There is nothing to worry.

Hope you found the answer helpful.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
OBGYN
Maternal and fetal medicine specialist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj