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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Red Blood Cell (RBC ... bodies, Howell-Jolly ... bodies #RBC ... Pathology #Hematology #Diagnosis ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
demonstrating Howell-Jolly ... Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
- Differential Diagnosis ... Macrocytes, Normal RBCs ... Spherocytes, RBC ... ) - Abnormal RBCs ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
photo are a Howell-Jolly ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis ... Urinalysis >3 RBCs ... (proteinuria, RBC ... casts, dysmorphic RBCs ... uw_IMresidency #Hematuria #Diagnosis
Common RBC Inclusions and Associations
 • Howell Jolly Bodies: Hyposplenism, Asplenism, Severe hemolytic anemia
 • Heinz
Common RBC Inclusions ... Associations • Howell Jolly ... Sickle cell, MDS #RBC ... Inclusions #Bodies #diagnosis
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... / Normochromic RBCs ... TIBC, Hypochromic RBCs ... Decreased RBC ... #Differential #Diagnosis
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
ring, B – Howell-Jolly ... Pathology #Microscopy #BloodSmear
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
the size of the RBC ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Here is another peripheral blood smear demonstrating changes with iron deficiency anemia. Note the increased zone
shapes of the RBC's ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear