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13 Cards in this Set
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Acanthocyte (spur cell)
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Liver disease
Abetalipoproteinemia Acantho = "spiny" |
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Basophilic stippling
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Thalassemias
Anemia of Chronic Disease Fe Deficiency Pb Poisoning Mnemonic: BASe of the TAIL (BASophilic; TAIL = Thal, Acd, Iron, Lead) |
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Bite cell
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G6PD deficiency
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Elliptocyte
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Hereditary Elliptocytosis
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Macro-ovalocyte
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Megaloblastic anemia (also see hypersegmented PMNs)
Marrow failure |
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Ringed sideroblasts
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Sideroblastic anemia
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Schistocyte (Helmet cell)
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DIC
TTP/HUS Traumatic hemolysis |
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Sickle cell
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Sickle cell anemia
(durr) |
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Spherocyte
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Hereditary spherocytosis
Autoimmune hemolysis |
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Teardrop cell
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Bone marrow infiltration (like myelofibrosis)
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Target cell
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HbC disease
Asplenia Liver disease Thalassemia "HALT" |
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Heinz bodies
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α-thalassemia
G6PD deficiency Oxidation of Fe from ferrous to ferric form → denatured Hbg precipitation, membrane damage. Removal of Heinz bodies → bite cell |
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Howell-Jolly bodies
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Functional hyposplenia or asplenia
Basophilic nuclear remnants |
