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Acanthocytes |
Also known as a spur cell, is a irregular red cell with few unevenly distributed projections of various lengths & diameter |
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Agglutination |
Bridging or clumping of erythrocytes |
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Anisocytosis |
Variation in the size of RBCs |
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Basophilic stippling |
Presence of small, dark-blue bodies within the erythrocyte |
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Crenation |
RBC changes from a disc shape to spheres with projections, result due to slow drying of blood films |
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Darocyte |
Tear-shaped RBC |
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Discocyte |
Discoid-shaped RBC, seen in normal dogs |
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Echinocyte |
Also known as a burr cell is a spiculated cell with numerous short, evenly spaced, blunt or sharp projections |
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Ghost cells |
A dead cell where the outside remains visible but the nucleus & other cell structures are not stainable |
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Heinz body |
Round structures representing denatured hemoblogin |
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Howeel jolly bodies |
Basophilic nuclear remnants seen in young RBCs |
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Hypochromia |
Decreased staining in RBCs due to insufficient hemoglobin |
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Keratocytes |
Spiculated red cells with two or more pointed projections |
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Macrocyte |
RBC's that are larger than normal with an increased MCV |
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Microcytes |
RBC's with a smaller than normal diameter due to decreased MCV |
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Nucleated RBC |
Cells released into circulation early during anemia |
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Poikilocyte |
Abnormally shaped RBC |
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Polychromasia |
RBC that exhibit a bluish tint when stained with wrights stain, they indicate young cells |
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Rouleaux |
RBC's that have a 3D or coin like stacking to them |
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Schistocyte |
RBC fragments |
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Spiculated cells |
Erythrocytes with one or more surface projections |
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Spherocyte |
Darkly staining red cells with reduced or no central pallor |
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Stomatocyte |
Erythrocyte with an oval-shaped central pallor |
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Target cell |
Also known as a Leptocyte or Codocyte, thin erythrocytes with target shaped central pallors |
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RCB size |
RBC size includes; normocytic (normal), microcytic (decreased MCV), macrocytic (increased MCV), & anisocytosis (variation in sizes). Also don't forget to quantitate! +,++,+++ |
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RBC color |
RBC color includes; normochromic (normal MCHC), hypochromis (decreased MCHC), & polychromasia (different colors). Also don't forget to quantitate! +,++,+++ |
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RBC shape |
RBC shape includes; discocyte (normal), poikilocyte (abnormal shape), acanthocytes (irregular spicules), schistocytes (RBC fragments), keratocyte (horn, bite cells), spherocytes (round RBCs lacking central pallors), target cells (target shaped central pallors), heinz bodies (denatured hemoglobin), eccentrocyte (eccentrically placed dark spot of hemoglobin), stomatocyte (split like area of central pallor), & dacrocyte (teardrop shaped RBC). Also don't forget to quantitate! +,++,+++ |
