label: Increased circulating band cell count
label_lc: increased circulating band cell count
description: "The number of band cells in the peripheral blood circulation is above the upper limit of normal. Band cells are immature neutrophils with a size of 10-18 micrometers, a horseshoe-shaped nucleus with no nucleoli, light-pink staining cytoplasm with many small secondary granules, and a nucleus:cytoplasm ratio of 1:2."