Blood film Flashcards
What conditions are the following blood film appearances associated with: target cells?
Hyposplenism/splenectomy
Iron deficiency anaemia
Sickle cell/thallasemia
Liver disease
What conditions are the following blood film appearances associated with: schistocytes?
Intravascular haemolysis
What conditions are the following blood film appearances associated with: ‘pencil’ poikilocytes?
Iron deficiency anaemia
What conditions are the following blood film appearances associated with: hypersegmented neutrophils?
Macrocytic anaemia
What conditions are the following blood film appearances associated with: Pappenheimer bodies?
Hyposplenism/splenomegaly
What conditions are the following blood film appearances associated with: Howell-Jolly bodies?
Hyposplenism/splenomegaly
Which condition is associated with itching after exposure to warm water?
Polcythaemia Vera
Excess red cells predisposes to clotting.
Itching sue to inappropriate release of histamine.
In which condition are smudge cells found?
CLL
In which condition are Auer rods found?
AML
In which condition is JAK-2 mutation associated?
Polycythaemia Rubra Vera
In which conditions do you see basophillic stippling (purple dots within a RBC)?
Lead poisoning
Thalassaemia
Sideroblastic anemia
Myelodysplasia
Which condition is associated with t(9:22)?
CML: Philladelphia chromosome transolcation t(9:22)
