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Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood ... Sickled red cells ... disease Bite cells ... #Peripheral #Blood ... Analysis #hematology #microscopy
Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
Diagnostic Criteria ... examination - Microscopic ... cells on urine ... microscopy - ... Renal #Crisis #Diagnosis
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... and laboratory diagnosis ... polychromatophilic cells ... Pathology #Smear #Microscopy
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... transfusion • Target cells ... • Sickle cells ... alcoholism • Burr cells ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... disease, McLeod blood ... iron deficiency anemia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #microscopy
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
cells, red blood ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... abnormal under the microscope ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Peripheral blood ... History • Bite cells ... Deficiency • Sickle cells ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
• stored red blood ... cells - Hb variant ... • chronic anæmia ... - Sickle cell anemia ... Differential #Causes #Diagnosis
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
inclusions in the red blood ... cells in the peripheral ... blood of some patients ... /megaloblastic anaemia ... Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal Blood ... Macrocytosis, Target Cells ... #Differential #Diagnosis