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Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear ... resemble a pear or teardrop ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear # ... Dacrocytes #Teardrop
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Poikilocytosis #CabotRings ... Acanthocytes #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... , #Teardrops #TargetCells ... #Codocytes #Stomatocytes ... #Echinocytes #BurrCells
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Pathologic Red Blood ... Spherocyte, Teardrop ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
left photo are a teardrop ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
Findings in Red Blood ... Fragmented red blood ... fragmentation Dacrocytes ... (teardrop cells ... ) - Teardrop or