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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 ... Smear Analysis ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... #Smear #Analysis ... #hematology #microscopy
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... polychromatophilic cells ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... Hematology #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy
Comparison of basophils and mast cells (in bone marrow).

#Basophils #MastCells #Pathology #Marrow #Smear #Microscopy #Comparison #Table
Comparison of basophils ... and mast cells ... Pathology #Marrow #Smear ... #Microscopy #Comparison
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Hemolytic Anemia ... • Peripheral blood ... smear + DAT + further ... History • Bite cells ... Deficiency • Sickle cells
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic ... reticulocytes • Hemolysis ... type ± C3d • Blood ... smear: Differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment
How to distinguish a metamyelocyte from a band neutrophil.

- Kyle Bradley, MD
@KyleBradleyMD

#Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy #Blood #Smear
Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Blood #Smear # ... #Neutrophils #Comparison
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
normal peripheral blood ... smear indicates ... appearance of red blood ... cells, with a zone ... Clinical #Path #Microscopy
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
..A peripheral-blood ... smear showed numerous ... anemia, a form of hemolytic ... inflexible and prone to hemolysis ... #smear
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
🔬Tumor cells are ... size lymphoid cells ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
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 ... Path #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Dacrocytes