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Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
left photo are a teardrop ... cell, 2 blister ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
resemble a pear or teardrop ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... Smear #Dacrocytes #Teardrop
The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
arrows point to blister ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #BlisterCells #Blister
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Spherocyte, Teardrop ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
Pathology #Microscopy #BloodSmear ... #CabotRings
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Poikilocytosis #CabotRings ... #Dacrocytes, #Teardrops ... Bite #Keratocyte #Blister