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Haematology Flashcards

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Anisocytosis

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myelodysplasic syndrome

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pappenheimer bodies

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surgical splenectomy

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Target cells

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iron deficiency anaemia and post-splenectomy.

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Heinz Bodies

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G6PD and alpha-thalassaemia

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Howell-Jolly bodies

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post-splenectomy and in patients with severe anaemia where the body is regenerating red blood cells quickly.

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Reticulocytes

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haemolytic anaemia
- Normal to have 1% of reticulocytes but this increases in rapid turnover of RBCs.

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Schistocytes

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haemolytic uraemic syndrome
disseminated intravascular coagulation
thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura
replacement metallic heart valves
haemolytic anaemia.

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Sideroblasts

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myelodysplasic syndrome

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Smudge cells

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Ruptured WBCs
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

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Spherocytes

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autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
hereditary spherocytosis.

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Reed-Sternberg cells

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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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