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Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
#Stomatocytes #Spherocytes ... Schistocytes #Pyknocytes #Elliptocytes ... #Ovalocytes #Echinocytes ... Bite #Keratocyte #Blister ... #HelmetCells
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
Morphologic Findings ... erythrocytes Echinocytes ... bulbous tips Spherocytes ... cell membrane Elliptocytes ... #Morphologic #Diagnosis
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology ... Burr Cell RBC (Echinocyte ... Oxidative drugs Elliptocyte ... deficiency anemia Spherocyte ... BloodCell #RBC #Morphology