Can you identify the problem in peripheral blood smears (below)?
| See how the echinocytosis (crenation) obscures normal erythrocyte morphology? |
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Spherocytes |
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| Smear made from stored blood Fresh blood smear |
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Polychromatophilic RBC |
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| Schistocytes |
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Eccentrocyte |
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| Heinz bodies |
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Microcytic hypochromic RBCs |
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| Babesia |
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RETURN TO CASE DISCUSSION |