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Abnormal RBC Flashcards

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Spherocytes

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Ghost Cells

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Heinz Bodies

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Eccentrocytes

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Echinocytes

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Crenation

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Acanthocytes

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Stomatocyte

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Keratocytes

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Codocyte/Target Cell/Leptocyte

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Schistocytes

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Hypochromasia

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Polychromatophil

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Reticulocytes (canine)

Top: Diff Quick Stain with polychromatophils
Bottom: NMB stain with reticulocytes

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Reticulocytes (feline)

Top: Diff Quick Stain with Polychromatophils
Bottom: NMB stain with Reticulocytes

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Aggregate Reticulocytes

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Punctate Reticulocytes

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What is anisocytosis mean?

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increased VARIATION in the size of RBC

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What is normocytic mean?

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normal sized RBC

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What is macrocytic mean?

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Larger than normal RBC

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What is microcytic mean?

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Smaller than normal RBC

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Macrocytosis

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Microcytosis

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Basophilic Stippling

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Nucleated RBC—nRBC’s

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Howell Jolly Body

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When do you often see spherocytes?

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DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy), IMHA (immune mediated hemolytic anemia)

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What is DIC?

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

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What is IMHA?

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Immune mediated hemolytic anemia

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What is a diagnosis of IMHA?

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Agglutination

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What causes crenation?

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Can be created by placing RBC’s in hypertonic solution OR by drying a blood smear to rapidly. Change in pH and longer contact with EDTA

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What causes acanthocytes?

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liver disease and cholesteral changes

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What causes Codocyte/Target Cells/Leptocyte?

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folded membrane

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What is a polychromatophil when it is stained with New Methylene Blue?

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Reticulocyte

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What is a reticulocyte when it is stained with Diff Quick Stain?

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Polychromatophil

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What are aggregate reticulocytes?

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large clumps of material

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What are punctate reticulocytes?

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a few small indicidual clumps of material

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What reticulocytes do we have to count?

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What is another name for nRBC’s?

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metarubricyte

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What is another name for metarubricyte?

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What does the saline agglutination test used for?

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To differentiate between agglutination and rouleux

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