Hyperleukocytosis with a variable degree of immature precursors defines a leukemoid reaction (LR) with cause other than leukemia. We report a 25-week preterm with LR, without any features suggestive of leukemia. The LR was transient, and leucocytes followed a decreasing trend with no obvious LR-related complications.
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