Haem - blood films Flashcards by Alexandra Santos | Brainscape

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*Girl with low HB from Western Africa + elliptocytes on blood film

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Hereditary elliptocytosis

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*10 year old caucasian who had been on a holiday, presented with low platelets and profound anaemia (6g/dl + oliguria) - anaemic blood film showed ?bite cells, and schistocytes

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G6PD deficiency

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*10 year old Bangladeshi girl pale and tired - hypochromic RBCs with some pencil cells

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Hereditary elliptocytosis

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