Quiz 4

Question 1

what test was done to make this slide and what anemia disease does it likely indicate

Answer 1

saline agglutination test

Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia

Question 2

two ways to describe the abnormal red blood cells

two underlying causes of this

Answer 2

Description:
hypochromic (decreased red color)

decreased MCHC (measurement of the hemoglobin concentration)

Causes:
Iron deficiency

Blood loss (GI ulcer, parasites, neoplasia)

Question 3

how would you define these red blood cells - hypochromatic or hyperchromatic?

Answer 3

hypochromatic (reduced hemoglobin concentration)

Question 4

Which of these things is NOT a typical finding in regenerative anemia?

Schistocytes
Polychromasia
Anisocytosis
Howell Jolly bodies

Answer 4

Schistocytes

Question 5

Answer 5

Mycoplasma hemofelis

Question 6

Is this regenerative or non regenerative anemia - and how did you decide

Answer 6

regenerative

Because their are reticulocytes (immature RBCs) in the blood.

Question 7

what disease is causing this anemia

three reasons that made you decide this

Answer 7

Immune Mediate Hemolytic Anemia

Reasons:
** spherocytes (spherical red blood cells without an area of central pallor and are usually slightly smaller in size than the average red cell)

** Agglutination in saline test

** Polychromasia (more immature red blood cells than what’s considered normal)