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A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
smear indicates ... cells, with a zone ... the size of the RBC ... Clinical #Path #Microscopy ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... RBC) Morphology ... Atlas • Microcytic ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... key #diagnosis #differential
Beautiful acanthocytes/spur cells in a patient with McLeod Syndrome. X-linked disorder characterized by reduced expression of
acanthocytes/spur cells ... expression of Kell RBC ... Michael Moravek, MD ... #Smear #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... Liver Disease, MDS ... #Morphology #differential ... diagnosis #hematology #microscopy ... #atlas #nomenclature
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Algorithm Normal Blood ... Smear • Drugs ... Neutrophils - Low RBC ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
(MDS) What? ... Peripheral Smear ... abnormal under a microscope ... count with differential ... smear • Bone marrow
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
cells) - Blood ... RBCs (but interestingly ... not infected RBCs ... PhD, D(ABMM), MLS ... #clinical #microscopy
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
(MDS) (normal or ... Pancytopenia: • ↓ RBC ... • ↓ WBC • ↓ ... result from low blood ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
w differential ... reveals increasing blood ... gross hematuria, RBC ... #differential # ... diagnosis #management
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... smear - RBC agglutination ... younger pts) Differential ... sensitize red blood ... cells (RBCs) at