Hematology - PBS Flashcards

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Thalassaemia

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  • Basophilic stippling
  • Heinz bodies
  • Target cells
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Basophilic stippling

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  • Thalassaemia
  • Chronic lead exposure
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Causes of Howell Jolly bodies on blood film

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  • Splenectomy
  • Sickle cell anemia (Auto splenectomy)
  • Celiac disease (Hyposplenism)
  • Megaloblastic anemia
  • Severe hemolytic anemia
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Iron-deficiency anaemia

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  • Target cells
  • ‘Pencil’ poikilocytes
  • If combined with B12/folate deficiency a ‘dimorphic’ film occurs with mixed microcytic and macrocytic cells
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Myelofibrosis

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  • ‘Tear-drop’ poikilocytes
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Intravascular haemolysis

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  • Schistocytes
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G6PD

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  • Heinz bodies
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Hyposplenism

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  • Target cells
  • Acanthocytes
  • Siderotic granules
  • Howell-Jolly bodies
  • Pappenheimer bodies
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