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Lecture 3: Evaluation of Erythrocytes: Different Morphologies Flashcards

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erythron

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all RBC results

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leukon

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all WBC results

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thrombon

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tells you platelet number and size

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MCHC =

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mean cell hematocrit

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Large MCV assoc. with

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early precursors in circulation

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small MCV assoc. with

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Fe deficiency anemia

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dog RBC is what shape?

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discocyte. Have central palor that is 1/3-1/2 of the entire cell

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T/F: no other species besides dog has central palor in RBCs reliably

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T

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shape of alpaca RBCs

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ovalocytes

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T/F: Horse platelets don’t stain well

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T

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anisocytosis

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cells aren’t of equal size (char. of bovine blood)

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Out of Hct, Hb, and RBC count, which is most important?

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Hct

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Hct tube determines:

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PCV. NOT Hct

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How is Hct determined?

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automated cell counters calculate it from MCV and RBC count

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What will falsely increase Hb value?

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Lipemia Heinz bodies Nuclei in non-mammals

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What are acanthocytes and what causes them?

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a form of red blood cell that has a spiked cell membrane, due to messed up lipid membranes (never normal)
-possible causes: improper lipid processing in liver hemangiosarcoma, abnormal Hb levels

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possible cause of hypochromasia

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(low Hb content) dog is loosing blood through GI or somewhere else (i.e. GI ulcer)

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explain what’s going on during and basic tx protocol for erythrocyte agglutination

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RBCs are clumped and have complement/Ab on them and will not fit through capillaries. PCV low. A lot of neutrophils in blood because they love complement and Ab on RBCs.

  • blood transfusion
  • give prednisone
  • oxygen cage
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poikilocytosis

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general term for the presence of abnormally shaped erythrocytes (normal in baby goats as their fetal Hb is transitioning to adult Hb)

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pigs have what shape RBC?**

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echinocyte (EQUAL spicules)

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goat RBC shape

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dacrocyte

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deer RBC shape

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drepanocyte

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llama RBC shape

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elliptocyte

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dog blood exposed to high salt solution will form what RBC shape?

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echinocyte

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acanthocytes vs. echinocytes**
acanthocytes have unequal spicules, wheras echinocytes have equally sized spicules
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T/F: snake bites can cause echinocyte formation in dog blood
T
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causes of acanthocyte formation**
- excess cholesterol vs. phospholipids - liver disease (liver is where cholesterol is stored and transported) - hemangiosarcoma (causes shearing of RBCs), glomerulonephritis, DIC in dogs - young goats
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Know what acanthocytes look like**
see slide 13
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Name 2 common disease processes that can cause acanthocytes**
- liver disease - hemangiosarcoma - glomerular nephritis (leads to protein loss) - DIC
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what is the capillary bed of the kidney?
glomerulus
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hypertension first affects what organ
Kidney
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main protein that keeps you from going into DIC
antithrombin
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Causes of keratocytes
- Fe deficiency anemia (low Hb --> cells get snagged and fragment) - liver disorders - doxorubicin toxicity in cats - blood storage in cats
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avg. lifespan of RBCs
100 days
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avg. lifespan of neutrophils
10 hours
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avg. lifespan of platelets
10 days
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furunculosis*
when hair follicle ruptures and gets infected
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what can cause schistocyte formation?
- DIC - Severe Fe def. - myelofibrosis - liver dz - heart failure - glomerulonephritis - hemangiosarcoma - hemophagic histiocytic disorders - congenital and acquired dyserytheopoiesis - PK deficiency
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T/F: fragmentation occurs SECONDARY to other dz
T
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T/F: when fragmentation occurs anemia is often mild/moderate and subclinical
T
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possible causes of fragmentation
- mechanical injury (DIC caval syndrome, glomerulonephritis cardiac valvular stenosis) - endothelial injury (hemangiosarcoma vasculitis splenic or hepatic dz) - thermal injury (heat stroke, severe burn)
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types of fragmentation morphology
-keratocytes -acanthocytes -schistocytes (spherocyte-like cells)
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Are keratocytes seen only with fragmentation?
No. oxidative injury can cause them as well. If they are in the company of eccentrocytes or Heinz bodies, it is most likely due to oxidative damage. If there are acanthocytes and schistocytes, most likely due to frag. morph.
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eccentrocyte
an erythrocyte in which the hemoglobin is localized to part of the cell, leaving a portion with little hemoglobin.
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why does thrombocytopenia usually accompany fragmentation?
DIC
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IMHA =
immune mediated hemolytic anemia. Spherocytes have a reduced amt. of membrane as a result of partial phagocytosis because of Ab or complement on surface of RBC (think broccoli and cheese)
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If spherocytes are seen with fragmentation, do they indicate IMHA?
NO
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What can cause IMHA?
- snake bites/bee stings - zinc toxicity - erythrocyte parasites - transfusion of stored blood - dyserythopoiesis - RBC band 3 deficiency (band 3 clumps together when RBC gets old to tell macrophage to eat the cell) - partial spectrin deficiency
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poster child for IMHA
middle aged female cocker spaniel
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Elliptocytes are normal/abnormal in camelidae, cats, and dogs?
camelidae: normal cats: CAN be normal but often assoc. with dz dogs: usually assoc. with dz
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Under what conditions can drepanocytes form?
((sickle cells) Hb polymerization in vitro with increased oxygen tension and pH
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Under what conditions can dacryocytes form?
(tear-shaped RBCs) - MPD in dogs/cats - glomerulonephritis in dogs - hypersplenism in dogs - iron deficiency in ruminants
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T/F: hemoglobin crystals commonly seen in cats and llamas
T. Rare in dogs, and seen in horses with defects in metabolic protection against oxidants
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causes for in vivo hemolysis
immune-mediated oxidant-induced enzymatic osmotic
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Effect of lead toxicity
makes outside of bone marrow more permeable and also affects vasculature to release nucleated RBCs prematurely
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metocytosis
there are a lot of nucleated reds but animal is not anemic (can't explain why bone marrow is releasing the reds)
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nucleated erythrocytes are usually what cell type
metarubricytes and rubricytes
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Causes of nucleated erythocytes in blood
-regenerative anemia -lead toxicity -marrow injury/dz -CV dz, inflammation, trauma hyperadrenocorticism in dogs -hepatic lipidosis, acute trauma, inflammation in cats splenic dysfunction -hereditary dyserythropoiesis
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marrow diseases assoc. with nonregenerative anemia
- myelodysplasia - hematopoietic neoplasms - infiltrative disorders
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When do eccentrocytes form?
when there is oxidative damage to Hb (from endogenous or exogenous oxidants)
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T/F: cats are more likely than dogs to develop eccentrocytes and Heinz bodies
T. They have more oxidizable groups on their RBCs than dogs

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