2 results
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Lipemia causes a ... #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... TargetCells #Codocytes #Stomatocytes ... #Spherocytes #SickleCells ... #Elliptocytes #Ovalocytes
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
fragmentation Dacrocytes ... pointed tips Acanthocytes ... bulbous tips Spherocytes ... they are wide Stomatocytes