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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
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
Schistocytes - The ... Also called schizocytes ... Schistocytes are ... Schistocytes are ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
Schistocytes can ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #HelmetCells #Schistocytes
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... Smear #Codocytes #TargetCells
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
sideroblast, Schistocyte ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
Polychromatophilia - Note 2 large blue-gray erythrocytes as seen on H&E stain. On a stain for
photo also shows a schistocyte ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Acanthocytes #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... , #Teardrops #TargetCells ... #Drepanocytes #Schistocytes
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
redundant membrane Schistocytes ... fragmentation Dacrocytes