RBC Abnormalities - Class Flashcards
1
Q
lead or heavy metal poisoning
A
basophillic stippling
2
Q
severe liver disease, high levels of bile fatty acids or toxins
A
Spur cells (acathocytes)
3
Q
medication induced hemolysis
A
heinz bodies
4
Q
microangiopathic hemolysis or hemolytic transfusion reaction
A
helmet cells
5
Q
asplenia
A
howell-jolly bodies
6
Q
severe bone marrow stress (hemorrhage, hemolysis, hypoxia)
A
nucleated RBC
7
Q
bluish red cell on routine Wright stain suggestive of retics
A
polychromasia
8
Q
diagnostic of sickle cell anemia
A
sickling
9
Q
DIC or microangiopathic anemia
A
schistocytes
10
Q
immune hemolysis or ABG transfusion reaction
A
spherocytosis
11
Q
thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies
A
target cells
