POIKILOCYTOSIS

Question 1

amost spherical in shape; lacks the central pallor

Answer 1

SPHEROCYTE

Question 2

elongated RBCs with a SLIT-LIKE CENTRAL PALLOR and may be considered as an artifact

Answer 2

STOMATOCYTE

Question 3

RBCs with IRREGULARLY SPICULATED SURFACE

Answer 3

ACANTHOCYTE

Question 4

RBCs with REGULARLY SPICULATED SURFACE

Answer 4

BURR CELL

Question 5

oval-shaped RBCs

Answer 5

OVALOCYTE

Question 6

elliptical (cigar-shaped) RBC

Answer 6

ELLIPTOCYTE

Question 7

pear-shaped or TEARDROP-SHAPED RBCs

Answer 7

DACRYOCYTE

Question 8

fragmented RBCs

Answer 8

SCHISTOCYTE

Question 9

SICKLE- or crescent-shaped RBCs

Answer 9

DREPANOCYTE

Question 10

RBCs which show a CENTRALLY STAINED AREA WITH A THIN OUTER RIM OF HEMOGLOBIN

Answer 10

TARGET CELL

Question 11

HELMET-SHAPED schistocyte that may appear in MAHA

Answer 11

HELMET CELL

Question 12

demonstrate a semicircular defect in their edge (resmbles a BITE MARK)

Answer 12

BITE CELL

Question 13

FOLDED RBCs

Answer 13

BISCUIT CELL

Question 14

BIPOLAR or CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION of hemoglobin

Answer 14

BRONZE ELLIPTOCYTE

Question 15

as large as leukocytes; pale-pink staining ghost of the red cell membrane

Answer 15

SEMILUNAR BODY

Question 16

other term for BITE CELL

Answer 16

DEGMACYTE

Question 17

other terms for TARGET CELL

Answer 17

1. LEPTOCYTE
2. CODOCYTE
3. PLATYCYTE
4. GREEK HELMET CELL
5. MEXICAN HAT CELL
6. BULL’S EYE CELL

Question 18

other term for SCHISTOCYTE

Answer 18

SCHIZOCYTE

Question 19

other term for TEARDROP CELL

Answer 19

DACRYOCYTE

Question 20

other term for BURR CELL

Answer 20

ECHINOCYTE

Question 21

other terms for ACANTHOCYTE

Answer 21

1. THORN CELL
2. SPUR CELL

Question 22

other term for STOMATOCYTE

Answer 22

MOUTH CELL

Question 23

DSE ASSOC:

associated with ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA, McLeod SYNDROME, PK DEFICIENCY

Answer 23

ACANTHOCYTE

Question 24

DISEASE ASSOC:

associated with UREMIA, PK DEFICIENCY

Answer 24

ECHINOCYTE (BURR CELL)

Question 25

DISEASE ASSOC:

associated with SOUTHEAST ASIAN OVALOCYTOSIS

Answer 25

OVALOCYTE

Question 26

DSE ASSOC:

associated with THALASSEMIA, HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS

Answer 26

ELLIPTOCYTE

Question 27

DISEASE ASSOC:

associated with PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS, MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA, THALASSEMIA

Answer 27

DACRYOCYTE

Question 28

DSE ASSOC:

associated with MAHA (TTP, HELLP, HUS, DIC), UREMIA

Answer 28

SCHISTOCYTE

Question 29

DSE ASSOC:

associated with SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, Hb SC DISEASE

Answer 29

DREPANOCYTE

Question 30

DISEASE ASSOC:

associated with THALASSEMIA, LCAT DEFICIENCY

Answer 30

TARGET CELL

Question 31

DISEASE ASSOC:

associated with HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS, AIHA, BURNS, ABO HDN

Answer 31

SPHEROCYTE

Question 32

DSE ASSOC:

associated with Rh DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE, DEHYDRATED HEREDITARY XEROCYTOSIS

Answer 32

STOMATOCYTE

BIG CLUE: “RHED TOMATO” - Sir Henry

Question 33

DSE ASSOC:

associated with G6PD DEFICIENCY

Answer 33

BITE CELL

Question 34

DSE ASSOC:

associated with Hb SC DISEASE

Answer 34

BISCUIT CELL

Question 35

DSE ASSOC:

associated with SICKLE CELL ANEMIA (aside from Drepanocyte)

Answer 35

BRONZE ELLIPTOCYTE

Question 36

DISEASE ASSOC:

associated with OVERT HEMOLYSIS

Answer 36

SEMILUNAR BODY

Question 37

ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA is aka

Answer 37

BASSEN-KORNZWEIG SYNDROME

Question 38

MOST COMMON FORM OF STOMATOCYTOSIS

Answer 38

DEHYDRATED HEREDITARY STOMATOCYTOSIS

Question 39

characterized by DEFECTIVE APO B SYNTHESIS; VLDL, LDL, and CHYLOMICRON are NOT FOUND IN PLASMA

Answer 39

ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA

Question 40

FORM OF DREPANOCYTE:

crescent-shaped with LONG PROJECTIONS; WHEN REOXYGENATED, THEY FRAGMENT!!!

Answer 40

IRREVERSIBLE SICKLE CELLS

Question 41

FORM OF DREPANOCYTE:

have LESS PRONOUNCED PROJECTIONS; WHEN REOXYGENATED, THEY RETURN TO THE ORGININAL!!!!

Answer 41

OAT-SHAPED CELLS