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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Pathologic Red Blood ... Bite cell, Elliptocyte ... Spherocyte, Teardrop ... #Dyspmorphic #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 ... #Blood #Smear # ... Dacrocytes #Teardrop
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Poikilocytosis #CabotRings ... #Dacrocytes, #Teardrops ... #TargetCells #Codocytes ... Schistocytes #Pyknocytes #Elliptocytes ... #Echinocytes #BurrCells
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 #
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... Hemoglobinopathies • Teardrop ... Myeloproliferative anemia • Elliptocytes
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 ... cell membrane Elliptocytes
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... disease, McLeod blood ... Oxidative drugs Elliptocyte ... S-beta thalassemia Teardrop