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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Red Blood Cell (RBC ... spur cell), Basophilic ... cell, Other RBC ... Howell-Jolly bodies #RBC
Common RBC Inclusions and Associations
 • Howell Jolly Bodies: Hyposplenism, Asplenism, Severe hemolytic anemia
 • Heinz
Common RBC Inclusions ... Hemoglobin H disease • Basophilic ... Sickle cell, MDS #RBC
Nucleated red blood cells, aka normoblasts or erythroblasts, were released prematurely from the bone marrow in
proerythroblast – basophilic ... Smear #Nucleated #RBCs
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
- Fe/TlBC, MCV/RBC ... TIBC Normal - MCV/RBC ... <13, +/- basophilic ... inclusions in RBC
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
thalassemia, S Lepore • Basophilic ... hypertension • Unusual RBC ... acanthocytes - Consider RBC
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Basophils ... blood cell count Basophils ... Is It A Real Basophilia ... myeloid leukemia - Basophils
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
Red Blood Cells Basophilic ... and grayer than basophilic ... RedBloodCells #RBCs
Urine Microscopy and Casts - Image Atlas Key

- Squamous Epithelial Casts
- Transitional Epithelial Cells
- Renal Tubular
Hyaline Cast - WBCs ... - Monomorphic RBCs ... - Dysmorphic RBCs ... - WBC Cast - RBC
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Normal/lncreased WBCs ... Macrocytes, Normal RBCs ... Polychromatic Macrocytes, RBC ... Spherocytes, RBC ... ) - Abnormal RBCs
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Urinalysis >3 RBCs ... of UTI, urine WBCs ... (proteinuria, RBC ... casts, dysmorphic RBCs