Blood Films Flashcards

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Target cells

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  • Sickle cell
  • Thalassaemia
  • Iron def anaemia
  • Hyposplenism
  • Liver disease
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Tear-drop poikilocytes

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Myelofibrosis

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Spherocytes

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  • Hereditary spherocytosis
  • Autoimmune-haemolytic anaemia (AIHA)
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Basophilic Stippling

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  • Thalassaemia
  • Siderblastic anaemia
  • Myelodysplasia
  • Lead poisoning
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Howell-Jolly bodies

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Hyposplenism

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Heinz Bodies

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  • G6PD Deficiency
  • Alpha-thalassaemia
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Shistocytes (‘Helmet cells’)

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  • Intravascular haemolysis
  • Mechanical heart valve
  • DIC
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Pencil Poikilocytes

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Iron-deficiency anaemia

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Burr Cells

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  • Uraemia
  • Pyruvate kinase deficiency
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