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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 ... anemia Sickled red cells ... Bite cells: G6PD ... Analysis #hematology #microscopy ... interpretation #clinical
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... non-specific red cell ... polychromatophilic cells ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... #Microscopy
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
peripheral-blood smear ... acanthocytes (or spur cells ... Spur cells acquire ... echinocytes (or burr cells ... #NEJM #clinical
A non-subtle example of true Sezary syndrome.  Patient presented with erythroderma without antecedent history of
of true Sezary syndrome ... mjcascio #Sezary #Syndrome ... #Cells #Clinical ... #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy #Hematology
Beautiful acanthocytes/spur cells in a patient with McLeod Syndrome. X-linked disorder characterized by reduced expression of
acanthocytes/spur cells ... patient with McLeod Syndrome ... SpurCells #McLeod #Syndrome ... #Smear #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
fragmented red blood cells ... schizocytes, these cells ... shapes of red cells ... - uremic syndromes ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... IgM) • Blood smear ... malignancies - B-cell ... sensitize red blood cells
Grouped Pustules on an Erythematous Base - On physical examination, grouped, coalescing pustules that had scalloped
stain (Tzanck smear ... Microscopic examination ... multinucleated giant cells ... #Clinical #Derm ... #Microscopy #NEJM