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RBC disease morphology
Anemias, inclusions, sickle cell, etc.
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Pathology
Undergraduate 4
02/03/2013
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Megaloblastic anemia
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Megaloblastic anemia
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Hereditary elliptocytosis
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Spherocytic anemia
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Sickle cell anemia
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Malaria
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Sickle cell anemia
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Hgb SC
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Hereditary stomatocytosis
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Rouleaux
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Malaria
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Hemoglobin C crystals
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Thalassemia
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Surprise! It's normal.
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Myelofibrosis--teardrop cells
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Howll-Jolly bodies
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elliptocytosis
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Pappenheimer bodies
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Basophillic stippling
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Hemolytic anemia
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Hereditary spherocytosis
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iron deficiency anemia
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Siderotic granules
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iron deficiency
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Howell-Jolly bodies
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Basophilic nuclear remnants (DNA). During maturation RBCs normally expel their nuclei, but in some cases a small portion of DNA remains.
Stain with: Geimsa, wright
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Pappenheimer bodies
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  • Irregular, small blue-purple granule aggregates in RBCs
  • The granules are usually located at the periphery of the RBC
  • Stain with wright's/geimsa
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Heinz bodies
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  • Purple-blue inclusions visible only after supravital stain
  • Composed of denatures hemoglobin (usually oxidized hemoglobin)
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Surprise! Normal smear.
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