Blood Film Flashcards
1
Q
Target cells
A
Hyposplenism Iron deficiency Sickle cell Thalassaemia Liver disease
2
Q
Howell-Jolly bodies
A
Hyposplenism
3
Q
Pappenheimer bodies
A
Hyposplenism
4
Q
Sideortic granules
A
Hyposplenism
5
Q
Acanthocytes
A
Hyposplenism
Abetalipoproteinaemia
6
Q
Pencil shaped poikilocytes
A
Iron deficiency
7
Q
Bimorphic film with mixed microcytic and macrocytic cells
A
Iron deficiency + B12/folate deficiency
8
Q
Tear drop poikilocytes
A
Myelofibrosis
9
Q
Schistocytes aka helment cells
A
Intravascular haemolysis
Mechanical heart valve
DIC
10
Q
Hypersegmented neutrophils
A
Megaloblastic anaemia
11
Q
Spherocytes
A
Hereditary spherocytosis
Autoimmune hemolytic anaemia
12
Q
Basophilic stippling
A
Lead poisoning
Thalassaemia
Sideroblastic anaemia
Myelodysplasia
13
Q
Heinz bodies
A
G6PD
Alpha-thalassaemia
14
Q
Burr cells aka echinocytes
A
Uraemia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
