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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 ... #Blood #Smear # ... Analysis #hematology ... interpretation #clinical
Cures for Sickle Cell disease 

#Sicklecell #sicklecelldisease #sicklecellanemia, #sicklecells #sickle #hematology #anemia #clinical #pediatrics #FOAM #FOAMed
Cures for Sickle ... #sicklecells #sickle ... #hematology #anemia ... #clinical #pediatrics ... #FOAM #FOAMed
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Hereditary: • Peripheral ... blood smear + DAT ... Deficiency • Sickle ... cells, DAT (-) → Sickle ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... smear changes are ... #Hematology #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
plateletcount), peripheral ... blood smear, HIV ... changes), high MCV anemia ... dysplasia on the smear ... #Workup #hematology
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
confusion...A peripheral-blood ... , a form of hemolytic ... #NEJM #clinical ... #peripheral #blood ... #smear
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemoglobin Defects: Sickle ... cell anemia, Thalassemias ... Dehydrogenase ↑ - Peripheral ... Blood Smear ↑ abnormal ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
cells on peripheral ... blood smears. ... no significant anemia ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Prolymphocytes In our case ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Blood
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
blood smear or ... -> AML: Blast crises ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Peripheral smear ... more aggressive form