Abnormal RBC Flashcards
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Spherocytes
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Ghost Cells
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Heinz Bodies
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Eccentrocytes
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Echinocytes
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Crenation
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Acanthocytes
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Stomatocyte
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Keratocytes
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Codocyte/Target Cell/Leptocyte
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Schistocytes
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Hypochromasia
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Polychromatophil
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Reticulocytes (canine)
Top: Diff Quick Stain with polychromatophils
Bottom: NMB stain with reticulocytes
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Reticulocytes (feline)
Top: Diff Quick Stain with Polychromatophils
Bottom: NMB stain with Reticulocytes
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Aggregate Reticulocytes
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Punctate Reticulocytes
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What is anisocytosis mean?
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increased VARIATION in the size of RBC
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What is normocytic mean?
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normal sized RBC
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What is macrocytic mean?
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Larger than normal RBC
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What is microcytic mean?
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Smaller than normal RBC
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Macrocytosis
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Microcytosis
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Basophilic Stippling
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Nucleated RBC—nRBC’s
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Howell Jolly Body
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When do you often see spherocytes?
DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy), IMHA (immune mediated hemolytic anemia)
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What is DIC?
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
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What is IMHA?
Immune mediated hemolytic anemia
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What is a diagnosis of IMHA?
Agglutination
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What causes crenation?
Can be created by placing RBC's in hypertonic solution OR by drying a blood smear to rapidly. Change in pH and longer contact with EDTA
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What causes acanthocytes?
liver disease and cholesteral changes
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What causes Codocyte/Target Cells/Leptocyte?
folded membrane
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What is a polychromatophil when it is stained with New Methylene Blue?
Reticulocyte
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What is a reticulocyte when it is stained with Diff Quick Stain?
Polychromatophil
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What are aggregate reticulocytes?
large clumps of material
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What are punctate reticulocytes?
a few small indicidual clumps of material
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What reticulocytes do we have to count?
Aggregate
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What is another name for nRBC's?
metarubricyte
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What is another name for metarubricyte?
nRBC's
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What does the saline agglutination test used for?
To differentiate between agglutination and rouleux
