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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Schistocyte, helmet ... Spherocyte, Teardrop ... #Dyspmorphic #BloodSmear
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
arrows point to helmet ... left photo are a teardrop ... Clinical #Path #BloodSmear ... #Blood #Smear #Helmet
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Poikilocytosis #CabotRings ... #Dacrocytes, #Teardrops ... #TargetCells #Codocytes ... #Echinocytes #BurrCells