Abnormally shaped RBCs
Round – Macrocytes (increased erythropoiesis); round macrocytes (liver disease, hypothyroidism, alcoholism); macro – ovalocytes (megaloblastic anemia, cancer chemotherapy, myelodysplastic syndromes); microcytes (hypochromic anemias), spherocytes (hereditary spherocytosis, recent blood transfusion); stomatocytes (hereditary stomatocytosis, acute alcoholism); target cells (HBC disease or trait, HbD, HbE, HbS, thalassemia, iron deficiency anemia, liver disease, post splenectomy).
No comments:
Post a Comment