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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Pathologic Red Blood ... Bite cell, Elliptocyte ... #RedBloodCell #Morphology ... Atlas #Microscopy #Pathology ... Robbins & Cotran Pathologic
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology ... spherocytosis, Hemolytic ... Myeloproliferative anemia • Elliptocytes ... Schistocytes - Hemolytic ... coagulopathy (DIC) #RBC #Morphology
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... other reproducible morphologic ... pyropoikilocytes, elliptocytes ... elliptocytosis, autoimmune hemolysis ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #Hemolytic
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology ... Microangiopathic Hemolytic ... Oxidative drugs Elliptocyte ... Cold autoimmune hemolytic ... BloodCell #RBC #Morphology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
microangiopathic hemolytic ... diagnosis, not a morphologic ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... microangiopathic #hemolytic ... anemia #Hematology #Pathology
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Hemolysis causes ... Schistocytes #Pyknocytes #Elliptocytes ... Keratocyte #Blister #HelmetCells