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13 Cards in this Set
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Acanthocyte (spur cell) |
Liver disease, abetalipoproteinemia (states of cholesterol dysregulation) |
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Basophilic stippling |
Anemia of chronic disease Alcohol abuse Lead poisoning Thalassemias |
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Bite cell |
G6PD deficiency |
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Elliptocyte |
Hereditary elliptocytosis |
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Macro-ovalocyte |
Megablastic anemia (also hyper segmented PMNs), marrow failure |
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Ringed sideroblast |
Sideroblastic anemia, excess iron in mitochondria = pathologic |
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Schistocyte, helmet cell |
DIC, TTP/HUS, traumatic hemolysis (mechanical heart valve prosthesis) |
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Sickle cell |
Sickle cell anemia |
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Spherocyte |
Hereditary spherocytosis, autoimmune hemolysis |
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Teardrop cell |
Bone marrow infiltration (sheds a "tear" because it's been forced out of its home in the bone marrow) |
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Target cell |
HbC disease, Asplenia, liver disease, thalassemia
"HALT" said the hunter to his TARGET |
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Heinz bodies |
G6PD deficiency Similar inclusions seen in alpha-thalassemia |
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Howell-Jolly bodies |
Patients with functional hyposplenia or asplenia |
