Blood Films Flashcards
1
Q
Smear cells
A
CLL
2
Q
Reed-Sternberg cells
A
Hodgkins lymphoma
3
Q
Spherocytes
A
Hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
4
Q
Target cells
A
Sickle cell
Iron deficiency anaemia
Hyposlenism
Liver disease
5
Q
Tear drop poikilocytes
A
Myelofibrosis
6
Q
Basophilic srippling
A
Lead poisoning
Thalassaemia
Sideroblasic anaemia
Myelodysplasia
7
Q
Howell-Jolly bodies
A
Hyposplenism
8
Q
Heinz bodies
A
G6PD deficiency
Allpha-thalassaemia
9
Q
Schistocytes (helmet cells)
A
Intravascular haemolysis
Mechanical heart valve
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
10
Q
Pencil poikilocytes
A
Iron deficiency anaemia
11
Q
Burr cells
A
Uraemia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
12
Q
Acanthocytes
A
Abetalipoproteinemia
13
Q
Hypersegmented neutrophils
A
Megaloblastic anaemia
14
Q
Rouleaux formation
A
Myeloma
15
Q
Auer rods
A
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia
