Blood film Flashcards
What would you see on a blood film of someone with Hyposplenism?
- target cells
- Howell-Jolly bodies
- Pappenheimer bodies
- siderotic granules
What would you see on a blood film of someone with iron deficiency anaemia?
- target cells
- ‘pencil’ poikilocytes
What would you see on a blood film of someone with myelofibrosis?
‘tear-drop’ poikilocytes
What would you see on a blood film of someone with Intravascular haemolysis?
Schistocytes
What would you see on a blood film of someone with Megaloblastic anaemia?
Hypersegmented neutrophils
When would you see target cells on a blood film?
- sickle cell anaemia / thalassaemia
- iron-deficiency anaemia
- hyposplenism
- liver disease
When would you see Tear-drop’ poikilocytes on a blood film?
myelofibrosis
When would you see Spherocytes on a blood film?
- hereditary spherocytosis
- autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
When would you see Basophilic stippling on a blood film?
- lead poisoning
- thalassaemia
- sideroblastic anaemia
- myelodysplasia
When would you see Howell-Jolly bodies on a blood film?
Hyposplenism
When would you see Heinz bodies on a blood film?
G6PD
α-thalassaemia
When would you see Schistocytes (‘helmet cells’) on a blood film?
- intravascular haemolysis
- mechanical heart valve
- disseminated intravascular coagulation
When would you see ‘Pencil’ poikilocytes on a blood film?
iron-deficiency anaemia
When would you see Burr cells on a blood film?
- uraemia
- pyruvate kinase deficiency
When would you see hypersegmented neutrophils on a blood film?
- megaloblastic anaemia
