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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
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
Clinical #Path #Microscopy ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Here is another peripheral blood smear demonstrating changes with iron deficiency anemia. Note the increased zone
Clinical #Path #Microscopy ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Morphologies #Key #Atlas #Microscopy ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy ... #BloodSmear #CabotRings
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Acanthocytes #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... , #Teardrops #TargetCells