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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 ... : Sickle cell disease ... #Blood #Smear # ... interpretation #clinical
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
cells on peripheral ... blood smears. ... clinically and ... no significant anemia ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Cures for Sickle Cell disease 

#Sicklecell #sicklecelldisease #sicklecellanemia, #sicklecells #sickle #hematology #anemia #clinical #pediatrics #FOAM #FOAMed
Cures for Sickle ... Cell disease ... #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 ... → Sickle Cell anemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... non-specific red cell ... smear changes are ... #Hematology #Pathology
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
Spur-Cell Anemia ... confusion...A peripheral-blood ... anemia, a form ... #NEJM #clinical ... #peripheral #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
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
Wright-stained peripheral ... blood smears the ... cell anemia. ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... cell count (anemia ... ) Peripheral ... Smear: • Dysplastic ... 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