Buzzwords Flashcards
Pappenheimer bodies
beta thal major - think other stuff too actually
heinz bodies
oxidative damage eg HbH disease, g6pd deficient
raised HbA2
b thal trait
macrovalocytes + hypersegmented neutrophils
megaloblastic haemolytic anaemia
alcoholic + anaemia
folate deficient
peripheral neuropathy anaemia
b12 deficient
low serum ferritin
iron deficiency anaemia
what tests fe supply and what tests fe stores
supply - transferrin
stores - ferritin
no nucleus but rna remnants
reticulocyte
subacute combined SC degeneration
b12 deficiency
following RTA bleeding everywhere e.g. out of veneflon
DIC
55 year old female, jaundiced, anaemic, PMH autoimmune condition
pernicious anaemia
P. falciparum
malaria
howell jolley bodies (purple dot inside RBC)
celiac disease - again not specific !!! indicate hyposplenism
smear cells
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
teardrop cells poikilocytes
primary myelofibrosis
Neutrophilic toxic granulation and vacuolation
bacterial sepsis
myeloblasts + immature red cells + granulocysts
leukerythroblastic
eccentric clock face nucleus
plasma cell
bi-lobed bright red orange granules
eosinophil
blood film shows golf balls
Hbh disease - alpha thalassaemia
hair on end appearance skull
beta thal major
pepper pot skull
myeloma
alcohol induced pain
hodgkin’s
warm water induced itch
polycythaemia rubra
teardrop rbc
primary myelofibrosis