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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Pathologic Red Blood ... Cell (RBC) Morphologies ... #RedBloodCell #Morphology ... Morphologies #Key #Atlas ... #Microscopy #Pathology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
RBC) Morphology ... Chemotherapy (e.g ... Burr Cell RBC (Echinocyte ... Bite Cell RBC: G6PD ... hematology #microscopy #atlas
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
Anaplastic large ... cell lymphoma, ... sometimes fried-egg ... morphology, but ... ALKPos #hemepath #pathology
Indolent T-Lymphoblastic Proliferation (iT-LBP)
Features of iT-LBP:
 - May be seen in association with other malignancies (e.g.
malignancies (e.g ... lymphoma) - Immunophenotypic ... T-lymphoblastic lymphoma ... without morphologic ... Proliferation #Hemepath #pathology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma ... red bone marrow, e.g ... • CBC + diff • ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma