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Poikilocytes Flashcards

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Acanthocyte

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Spur cell

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2
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Burr cell

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Echinocyte
Crenated RBC

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3
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Elliptocyte

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Pencil cell

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4
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Keratocyte

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Horned cell
Helmet cell

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5
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Knizocyte

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Pinch bottle cell

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6
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Ovalocyte

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Elliptocyte

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7
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Schistocyte

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Schizocyte

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8
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Drepanocyte

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Sickle cell

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9
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Codocyte

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Target cell

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10
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Dacryocyte

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Teardrop cell

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2-10 pointed projections of various lengths and irregular spacing

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Acanthocyte

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12
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Contains one or more vacuoles that resemble a blister on the skin

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Blister cell

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13
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10-30 pointed projections evenly distributed around the cell

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Burr cell

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14
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Narrow and elongated, resembling a rod or cigar shape

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Elliptocyte

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15
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Fragment in which the volume is close to normal

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Keratocyte

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16
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Narrow band of hemoglobin across the center of the cell

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Knizocyte

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17
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Oval or egg-like appearance

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Ovalocyte

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18
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Fragment in which cellular volume is reduced

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Schistocyte

19
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Crescent-shaped with at least one end that is pointed

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Sickle cell

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Compact and round: has lost its area of central pallor

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Spherocyte

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Central slit-like opening resembling a mouth

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Stomatocyte

22
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Contains a central bull’s eye surrounded by a clear ring and then an outer red ring

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Target cell

23
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Resembles a tear

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Teardrop cell

24
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Possible pathology

Acanthocyte

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Abetalipoproteinemia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
Alcohol intoxication
Post-splenectomy

25
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Possible pathology

Burr cell

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Post-splenectomy patients with enzyme anomalies
Artificial drying

26
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Possible pathology

Elliptocyte

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IDA
Hereditary elliptocytosis

27
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Possible pathology

Keratocyte

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G6PD deficiency

28
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Possible pathology

Ovalocyte

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Thalassemia syndromes
Myelodysplastic syndromes

29
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Possible pathology

Schistocyte

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MAHA

30
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Possible pathology

Sickle cell

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Sickle cell anemia

31
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Possible pathology

Spherocyte

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Hereditary spherocytosis

32
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Possible pathology

Stomatocyte

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Stomatocytosis

33
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Possible pathology

Target cell

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LCAT deficiency
Thalassemia

34
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Possible pathology

Teardrop cell

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Myelofibrosis

35
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Single, occasionally double, rarely multiple red purple coccoid bodies

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Howell-Jolly body

36
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Clusters or small blue coccoid bodies located at the periphery of the cell

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Pappenheimer body

37
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Multiple, uniform, dark dots distributed evenly throughout the cell

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Basophilic stipplings

38
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Red-purple ring at the periphery of the cell in the form of a figure 8

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Cabot ring

39
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Not visible

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Heinz body

40
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Composition

DNA: nuclear or chromosomal remnant

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Howell-Jolly body

41
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Composition

Non-heme iron

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Pappenheimer body

42
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Composition

Altered RNA

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Basophilic stipplings

43
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Composition

Mitotic spindle remnant

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Cabot ring

44
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Composition

Denatured hemoglobin

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Heinz body

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