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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
Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear ... HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... Smear #Codocytes #TargetCells
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Microscopy #Pathology #Hematology ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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• Drugs Oval Macrocytes ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
fragmentation Dacrocytes ... Morphologic #Diagnosis #Hematology
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Acanthocytes #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... , #Teardrops #TargetCells