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Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
on peripheral blood ... smears. ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #SickleCells
Polychromatophilia - Note 2 large blue-gray erythrocytes as seen on H&E stain. On a stain for
The left photo also ... and the right photo ... reticulocyte is a normal ... #Clinical #Path ... #Smear #Polychromatophilia
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
spherocytes in this photo ... This smear was from ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Spherocytes
Disseminated Cutaneous Blastomycosis- A fungal culture of skin tissue was negative; however, a skin biopsy showed
Disseminated Cutaneous ... fungal culture of skin ... negative; however, a skin ... #clinical #photo ... #derm #NEJM #cutaneous
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
fragmented red blood ... are one of the abnormal ... In the right photo ... #Clinical #Path ... #Smear #Schistocytes
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
ABO incompatible blood ... organ damage Clinical ... involvement (2%) Cutaneous ... • Peripheral smear ... - APTT < 1.5 x normal
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
Wright-stained peripheral blood ... smears the small ... DNA which, under normal ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Cutaneous Mucormycosis ... steroid use Dx: skin ... hyphae invading blood ... #dermatology #skin ... #clinical #photo
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
usually detected in blood ... or skin specimens ... microfilariae from the blood ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear #
Uremic Frost in End-Stage Renal Disease- A 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented to the
urine output...His skin ... studies showed a blood ... of urea on the skin ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #renal #urology