7.2 Hematology Lab

Question 1

schistocyte (fragmented RBCs)

Answer 1

microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Question 2

polychromasia

Answer 2

reticulocytosis

Question 3

band neutrophils

Answer 3

infection

Question 4

basophilic stippling

Answer 4

lead poisoning

Question 5

acanthocytes (spur cells)

Answer 5

liver disease

Question 6

Dohle bodies (blue areas of ER at periphery)

Answer 6

infection

Question 7

Howell Jolly body (DNA)

Answer 7

splenectomy

Question 8

Pelger-Huet cell (a type of neutrophil, looks like 2 dots)

Answer 8

myelodysplastic syndromes

Question 9

Rouleaux (stacks of RBCs)

Answer 9

plasma cell myeloma

Question 10

red cell agglutinates (clumps of RBCs)

Answer 10

cold agglutinin disease

Question 11

spherocytes (missing central pallor)

Answer 11

autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Question 12

hypochromia

Answer 12

iron deficiency anemia

Question 13

macrocytosis (large RBC without central clearing)

Answer 13

B12 deficiency

Question 14

neutrophil hyperlobation

Answer 14

B12 deficiency

Question 15

clumped dots in periphery of neutrophils is

Answer 15

Ehrlichia (type of bacteria transferred by ticks)

Question 16

sickle cells are also called

Answer 16

drepanocytes

Question 17

numerous target cells

Answer 17

HbSC