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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Red Blood Cell (RBC ... cell, Other RBC ... bodies, Howell-Jolly ... bodies #RBC ... #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
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... Urinalysis >3 RBCs ... (proteinuria, RBC ... casts, dysmorphic RBCs ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Workup
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
photo are a Howell-Jolly ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
ring, B – Howell-Jolly ... Pathology #Microscopy #BloodSmear
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
(MCV): Average RBC ... among size of RBCs ... wide range of RBC ... reticulocytes (immature RBCs ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Workup
Common RBC Inclusions and Associations
 • Howell Jolly Bodies: Hyposplenism, Asplenism, Severe hemolytic anemia
 • Heinz
Common RBC Inclusions ... Associations • Howell Jolly ... Sickle cell, MDS #RBC
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
Nucleated red blood cells, aka normoblasts or erythroblasts, were released prematurely from the bone marrow in
#Path #Peds #BloodSmear ... Smear #Nucleated #RBCs