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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Blood Smear. ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... rare in blood smears ... #Blood #Smear. ... #peripheral #clinical
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum ... trophozoites (and ... cells) - Blood Smear ... #Blood #Smear # ... peripheral #clinical
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 #BlisterCells
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 #Codocytes
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 #Dacrocytes
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 #Helmet
Polychromatophilia - Note 2 large blue-gray erythrocytes as seen on H&E stain. On a stain for
The left photo also ... and the right photo ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Polychromatophilia
Sickle cells
These photos show sickle cells on peripheral blood smears. In the left photo target cells
peripheral blood smears ... trait do very well clinically ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #SickleCells
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
spherocytes in this photo ... This smear was from ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Spherocytes
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
In the right photo ... Clinical conditions ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #Schistocytes