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Blood Film Signs Flashcards

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Sickle Cells

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Sickle Cell Anaemia

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Spherocytes

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Hereditary Spherocytosis

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Dacrocytes

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Myelofibrosis

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4
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Target Cells

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Obstructive Jaundice
Liver Disease
Haemoglobinopathies
Hyposplenism

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Rounded Macrocytes

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Alcoholic Liver Disease

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Oval Macrocytes

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Vitamin B12/Folate Deficiency

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Polychromatic Macrocytes

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Young RBCs

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Irregularly Contracted Cells

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Oxidant Damage

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Elliptocytes

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Hereditary Elliptocytosis

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10
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Pencil Cells

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Iron Deficiency

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Fragments

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Mechanical Stress

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Rouleaux

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Plasma Protein Abnormalities

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Agglutinates

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Antibody causing agglutination

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Howell-Jolly Body

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Nuclear remnant from cell, due to poor spleen function

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15
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Left Shift

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Severe bacterial infection

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Toxic Granulation

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Infection, inflammation, necrosis, pregnancy

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Hypersegmented Neutrophils

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Lack of vitamin B12/folate

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Heinz Body

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Haemolytic anaemia

19
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Bence Jones Protein (urine)

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Light chain, related to lytic lesions (multiple myeloma)

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Fibrin Split Products

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Ham’s Test

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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria

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Coomb’s Test

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Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia

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Metabisulfite Test

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Sickle cell (accelerated deoxygenation)

24
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Osmotic Fragility Test

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Hereditary Spherocytosis

25
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Reticulocyte Test

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Decreased in aplastic anaemia, increased in hypersplenism

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Sudan Black

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Differentiates AML and ALL (stains myeloblasts)

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Myeloperoxidase

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Extramedullary Leukaemia

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Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase

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Hairy Cell Leukaemia

29
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Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase

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Elevated in polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocytosis and myelofibrosis
Decreased in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and CML

30
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Factor V Deficiency

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No input from extrinsic pathway 
Increased PT
Increased APTT
Normal Platelets
Normal Bleeding Time
31
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Warfarin/Vitamin K Deficiency

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Inhibition of factors 2, 3, 9, 12 
Increased PT
Increased APPT
Normal Platelets
Normal Bleeding Time
32
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Glanzmann’s Thromboaesthesia

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Platelets lack GLP IIb and IIIa, so fibrinogen binding is disrupted
Normal PT
Normal APPT
Normal Platelets
Increased bleeding time
33
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Bernard Soulier Syndrome

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GLP Ib (receptor for vWF) is deficient 
Normal PT
Normal APPT
Normal Platelets
Increased bleeding time

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