Reticulocytes are slightly immature red blood cells. A reticulocyte count is a blood test that measures the amount of these cells in the blood.
Immature blood cells are also called blasts. Some blasts stay in the marrow to mature. Others travel to other parts of the body to develop into mature, functioning blood cells.
Polychromasia occurs on a lab test when some of your red blood cells show up as bluish-gray when they are stained with a particular type of dye. This happens when red blood cells are immature because they were released too early from your bone marrow. These immature cells are called reticulocytes.Apr 24, 2021
What are Large Immature Cells? LICs are a minor subset of WBCs normally found in bone marrow tissue where the hematopoiesis takes place. This subset consists of various immature forms of myeloid or lymphoid cells combined.