BLOOD FILM Flashcards
Starry sky
Burkitts lymphoma
Tear drop poikilcytes
Myelofibrosis
Schistocytes
Intravasc haemolysis
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Megaloblastic anaemia (b12, folate)
Pencil poikilocytes
Iron def anaemia
Dimorphic film
Iron + B12/folate deficiency
Howel-Jolly bodies
basophilic purple spot on oesinophilic pink RBC
Hyposplenism
eg Thalasaemia, sickle cell, post-splenectomy
++++Spheroytes
Hered spherocytosis
Heinz Bodies
G6PD deficiency
Sickles RBC
Sickle cell
Low HbA
High HbS
Sickle cell
NO HbA in HbSS homoxygous..
Low HbA
High HbF
Thallasaemia
+ HbS = sickle cell
+Dithionate
Sickle Solubility Test goes TURBID
+ Sodium Meta-bi-sulphate
Mimics deoxygenation
Sickle cell SICKLES
Hyposplenism
Target Howel-Jolly Pappenheimer Siderotic granules Acanthocytes
Target Howel-Jolly Pappenheimer Siderotic granules Acanthocytes
Thalassaemia
Sickle cell
Post-splenectomy