Blood films Flashcards
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Left: RBC macrocytic
Right: RBC microcytic
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Right: RBC hypochromic
Left: RBC: hyperchromic
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Normocytic, normochromic RBC
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Anisocytosis: variation in red cell size
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Poilicocytosis: variation in red cell shape
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Schistocytosis: fragmented red cells, torn or broken by physical means
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Target cells: red cells in which the hemoglobin appears concentrated in the centre of the cell
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Ovalocytes: egg shaped
Elliptocytes: oblong
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Stomatocytes: mouth like area of pallor
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Sickle cells: thin, curved, fusiform cells. Sickle shaped, frequently having pointed ends.
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Acanthocytes: spiny, spiked red cells without central pallor
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Burr cells: red cells with knobby surface bumps
