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Sickle cell anemia and Howell Jolly bodies (nuclear remnants).

 - Dr. Abubaker Elshaikh
@ElshaikhMD

#SickleCell #HowellJolly #Body #Bodies
anemia and Howell Jolly ... Pathology #Hematology #Smear ... #Clinical #Microscopy
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 ... Morphologies #Key #Atlas #Microscopy
Babesia spp. on Peripheral Blood Smear Microscopy
 - Multiple small parasites per RBC
 - "maltese cross"
Peripheral Blood Smear ... Microscopy - Multiple ... parasites per RBC ... Babesia #clinical #microscopy ... peripheral #blood #smear
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Falciparum Blood Smear ... parasitemia - normocytic RBCs ... multiples per RBC ... rare in blood smears ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy
Urine Microscopy and Casts - Image Atlas Key

- Squamous Epithelial Casts
- Transitional Epithelial Cells
- Renal Tubular
Urine Microscopy ... - Monomorphic RBCs ... - Dysmorphic RBCs ... Cast - RBC Cast ... JoseTesser) #Urine #Microscopy
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
red blood cells (RBCs ... serum due to the RBCs ... #Path #Blood #Smear ... #Microscopy #RBC
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
/ Normochromic RBCs ... on Smear • Chronic ... TIBC, Hypochromic RBCs ... Decreased RBC ... Spherocytes on Smear
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
red blood cells (RBCs ... serum due to the RBCs ... #Path #Blood #Smear ... #Microscopy #RBC
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Post-splenectomy blood smear ... demonstrating Howell-Jolly
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
peripheral blood smear ... the size of the RBC ... Clinical #Path #Microscopy