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Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Microangiopathic hemolytic ... anemia (e.g. ... Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic ... interpretation #clinical ... #anemia
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
microangiopathic hemolytic ... anemia. ... DIC is a clinical ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... anemia is characterized
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
metaplasia, pernicious anemia ... thalassemia, and some hemolytic ... anemias. ... #Clinical #Path
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
Spur-Cell Anemia ... , a form of hemolytic ... anemia that can ... inflexible and prone to hemolysis ... #NEJM #clinical
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
to be seen in hemolytic ... anemias, especially ... anemia in which ... Clinical conditions ... #Clinical #Path
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... anemia • Cold ... #anemia #hematology
SLICC SLE Diagnostic Criteria - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical and Immunologic Criteria

CLINICAL CRITERIA
 - ACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS
Erythematosus Clinical ... Immunologic Criteria CLINICAL ... NEUROLOGIC - HEMOLYTIC ... ANEMIA - LEUKOPENIA ... anemia #Diagnosis
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
associated with hemolytic ... anemias, especially ... #Clinical #Path
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
Hemolytic Anemias ... Algorithm Signs of anemia ... Anemias (AIHAs) ... Anemias (AHAs) ... #Anemias #Differential
General Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1) Check reticulocyte count to determine if hypo/hyper-proliferative
2) Exclude
General Approach to Anemia ... hyper-proliferative 2) Exclude hemolysis ... ) 3) Use MCV & clinical ... uw_IMresidency #anemia