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Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear ... A dacrocyte is seen ... Dacrocytes are found ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #Dacrocytes
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
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Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Polychromatic Macrocytes
Peripheral Blood shows a subset of atypical lymphocytes with hairy-like cytoplasmic projection.
#Clinical #Path #BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
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The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Elliptocyte - 
Note the shape of these appropriately named erythrocytes.
In addition to hereditary elliptocytosis, elliptocytes can
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
#Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Here is another peripheral blood smear demonstrating changes with iron deficiency anemia. Note the increased zone
PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear