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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 ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... #Peripheral #Blood ... Analysis #hematology #microscopy ... interpretation #clinical
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells ... thalassemia, and some hemolytic ... anemias. ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
agglutinin disease and Infection ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... individual’s red blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... anemia. ... DIC is a clinical ... polychromatophilic cells ... Pathology #Smear #Microscopy
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
agglutinin disease and Infection ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... individual’s red blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
fragmented red blood ... anemias, especially ... anemia in which ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
) - Two target cells ... associated with hemolytic ... anemias, especially ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Clinical Presentation ... anemia • Cold ... Immunoglobulin M (IgM) • Blood ... sensitize red blood ... cells (RBCs) at
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
The cells have assumed ... spherocytosis and hemolytic ... anemias. ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
Wright-stained peripheral blood ... can be found in hemolytic ... anemia. pernicious ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood