Sunburn as a Cause of Unexpected Neutrophilia in a Healthy Pregnant Woman

Table 2

Examples of causes of neutrophilia [1, 2].

Physiological	Pregnancy, labour and childbirth, and strenuous exercise
Acute infection	Bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal infections
Chronic infection and “surgical” conditions	Abscesses, osteomyelitis, appendicitis, and cholecystitis
Noninfectious inflammation	Gout, rheumatic fever, and asthma
Tissue trauma	Burns and myocardial infarction, postoperatively
Metabolic	Preeclampsia and diabetic ketoacidosis
Drugs and toxins	Corticosteroids, adrenaline, and poisons
Malignancy	Haematological malignancies and nonhaematological malignancies producing growth factors or cytokines
Other	Hereditary and idiopathic neutrophilia syndromes and convulsions