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Crenated cells or echinocytes
Type I |
-numerous small thorny projections
-produced by lysins, sphering agents or ph increase |
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Crenated cells or echinocytes
Type II |
-symmetrical heavy coarse scalloped edges
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Teardrop cells
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-only one spicule
-myelofibrosis,myelopoiesis, cancer with bone metastasis,anemia |
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Burr cells (horn)
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-mature red cells with central pallor, normal size, spiny projections
-uremia, bleeding ulcer, heart valve replacement |
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Spur cells (spike)
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-spherocytes with irregular spaced filaments
-cirrhosis |
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Fragmented cells/schistocytes
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-sm pieces of whole cells, cells smaller than one half of normal size (helmet,star,triangle shapes)
-caused by mechanical/chemical disruption, hemolyitc anemia, DIC |
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Pyknocytes (thick or compacted)
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-acanthocytes and burr cell formations
-new born infants |
