[peripheral blood film] Flashcards
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unstable RBC membrane structure: lipid dependent
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spiculed RBCs
3
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Burr cells projections are less extreme
4
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DNA remnants in RBCs
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Hyposplenism
Post-splenectomy
(normally removed by the spleen)
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presence of immature neutrophils in peripheral blood
7
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granules of siderocytes containing iron
8
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abnormally shaped RBCs
9
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up to 2%
10
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hypermature white cells
11
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hypermature neutrophils - the number of segments increase as it matures
12
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RBCs stacked on top of one another
13
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chronic inflammation
myeloma
paraproteinaemia
14
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hereditary spherocytosis
haemolytic anaemia
15
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fragmented RBCs
