Buzzword Cell Types and Their Disease Flashcards
1
Q
Smudge Cell
A
Chronic Lymphoblastic Leukemia (CLL)
2
Q
Hairy Cell
A
Hairy Cell Leukemia
3
Q
Tear-Drop Erythrocyte
A
Primary Myelofibrosis
4
Q
Bite cell or Heinz Body
A
G6PD Deficiency
5
Q
Ballerina Skirt or Down Cell
A
EBV, Burkitt’s Lymphoma
6
Q
Buttock Cell
A
Follicular Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
7
Q
Auer Rods
A
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
8
Q
“Owl Eye” in Lymph = Reed-Sternburg Cells
A
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
9
Q
Starry Sky Histology
A
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
10
Q
Cerebriform T Cells
A
Sezary Syndrome
11
Q
Flower Pedal Nucleus
A
HTLV-1 T cell Leukemia
12
Q
Howell-Jolly Bodies
A
Sickle Cell Anemia
13
Q
Bence-Jones Proteins
A
Multiple Myeloma
14
Q
Spherocytes
A
Hereditary Spherocytosis or Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
15
Q
Schistiocytes
A
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia (TTP/HUS/DIC)
