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Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Lipemia causes a ... #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... #TargetCells #Codocytes ... Elliptocytes #Ovalocytes #Echinocytes ... #BurrCells #Bite
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
fragmentation Dacrocytes ... erythrocytes Echinocytes ... pointed tips Acanthocytes ... RedBloodCells #RBCs ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
) Morphology Microcytic ... (Acanthocyte): ... Burr Cell RBC (Echinocyte ... Bite Cell RBC: G6PD ... #diagnosis #hematology