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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Falciparum Blood Smear ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... rare in blood smears ... Falciparum #Blood #Smear ... #peripheral #clinical
Post-splenectomy blood smear demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells.

#Clinical #Pathology #BloodSmear #HowellJollyBodies #TargetCells #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Post-splenectomy blood smear ... #Clinical #Pathology ... #Splenectomy #Asplenic
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites ... cells) - Blood Smear ... in a thin blood smear ... falciparum #Blood #Smear ... #peripheral #clinical
Howell-Jolly Body - On these Wright-stained peripheral blood smears the small dark spheres within red cells
peripheral blood smears ... cells in the right photo ... in congenital asplenia ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
The photo on the ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
on peripheral smear ... size amoeboid trophozoite ... malaria #peripheral #smear ... #blood #clinical
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
peripheral blood smears ... In the left photo ... trait do very well clinically ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Codocytes (Target cells) - Two target cells are seen in the left photo and one in
seen in the left photo ... present in the left photo ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
seen in the left photo ... In the right photo ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
each of the above photos ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear