Hematology Polansky Review Flashcards
Erythropoesis
1-2 mos gestation
yolk sac and gonads, primative erythroblasts
3-6mos gestation erythropoesis
liver and spleen, Liver is primary site
7mos - age 4 erythropoesis
bone marrow, all marrow active
Adult erythropoesis
bone marrow, pelvis vertebrae, sternum and skill, long bones filled with fat
Rubriblast
pronormoblast
proubricyte
basophilic normoblast
rubricyte
polychromatophilic normoblast, last stage to divide
metarubricyte
orthochromic normoblast
last nucleated stage
reticulocyte
poly erythro, seen with supravitial stain
pH 8.6 hgb electrophoresis
A2/C, S, F, A
(crawl, slow, fast, accelerated)
pH 6.2 hgb electrophoresis
F, A/A2, S, C
Methemoglobin
iron oxidized to ferric state, can’t bind 02 cyanosis, death,
Heinz bodies
Sulfhemoglobin
sulf bound to heme, aquired from drugs/chem
cyanosis, cant be converted back
carboxyhemoglobin
carbon bound, decreased O2 to tissues, affinity 200x greater
cherry red skin
Macrocytes
megaloblastic, liver disease, retics, normal in newborns
microcytes
IDA, thalassemia, ACI
Elliptocytes/ovalocytes
membrane defect, HE
Crenated cells
osmotic imbalance
Burr cells (echinocytes)
membrane defect, uremia, PK def
Acanthocytes
membrane defect, severe liver disease, abetalipoproteinemia
Teardrops (dacryocytes)
myelofibrosis, thalassemias
hypochromia
IDA, thalassemia
Target cells
hgbop, thalassemia, liver disease
Stomatocytes
HS, HS, thalassemia, RH null, alc cirrhosis