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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
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
Codocytes (Target ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Codocytes
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

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