Blood Films Flashcards by Gage Willox

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Target cells

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Sickle cell/thalassaemia
IDA
Hyposplenism
Liver disease

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‘Tear-drop’ poikilocytes

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Myelofibrosis

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Spherocytes

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Hereditary spherocytosis
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

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Basophilic stippling

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Lead poisoning
Thalassaemia
Sideroblastic anaemia
Myelodysplasia

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Howell-Jolly bodies

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Hyposplenism

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Heinz bodies

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G6PD deficiency
Alpha-thalassaemia

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Schistocytes (helmet cells)

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Intravascular haemolysis
Mechanical heart valve
DIC

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‘Pencil’ poikilocytes

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IDA

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Burr cells (echinocytes)

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Uraemia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency

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Acanthocytes

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Abetalipoproteinaemia

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anaemia

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