Blood films Flashcards
Which condition presents with smudge/ smear cells?
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Which conditions may involve target cells?
Liver disease
Iron deficiency anaemia
Hyposplenism
Sickle-cell/thalassaemia
Which condition may present with hypersegmented neutrophils?
Megaloblastic anaemia
Which conditions may present with Heinz Bodies?
G6PD deficiency
Alpha thalassaemia
Which condition may present with tear dropped shaped RBCs?
Myelofibrosis
Which conditions may present with schistocytes (‘helmet cells’)?
Intravascular haemolysis
Mechanical heart valves
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Which conditions may present with spherocytes?
Hereditary spherocytosis
Autoimmune hemolytic anaemia
Which condition may present with Howell-Jolly bodies?
Hyposplenism
Which condition may present with pencil poikilocytes?
Iron deficiency anaemia
Which cell type has a horse shoe shaped nucleus?
Monocytes