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== Erythrocytes (RBCs) ==
== Erythrocytes ==


=== Distribution ===
=== Distribution ===


* Agglutination: suggests IgM, either expected response to infection or autoimmune hemolytic anemia
* Agglutination: suggests IgM, either expected response to infection or autoimmune hemolytic anemia
* Rouleaux: paraproteinemia
* Rouleaux: [[paraproteinemia]]


=== Morphology ===
=== Morphology ===
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=== Size ===
=== Size ===


* Microcytic
* Microcytic red blood cells
** Iron-deficiency anemia
** [[Iron-deficiency anemia]]
*** Anisopoikilocytosis
*** Anisopoikilocytosis
*** Target cells
*** Target cells
*** Increased RDW
*** Increased RDW
*** Increased platelets
*** Increased platelets
** Thalassemia
** [[Thalassemia]]
*** Basophilic stippling
*** Basophilic stippling
*** Increased RBC count to greater than 3x Hgb
*** Increased RBC count to greater than 3x Hgb
*** Increased reticulocytes
*** Increased reticulocytes
*** Positive HbH test (in alpha-thal) or Hb electrophoresis (in beta-thal)
*** Positive HbH test (in alpha-thal) or Hb electrophoresis (in beta-thal)
* Macrocytic red blood cells
* Macrocytosis
** Megaloblastic with hypersegmented neutrophils
** [[Megaloblastic anemia|Megaloblastic]] with hypersegmented neutrophils
*** Vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, medications, and myelodysplastic syndrome
*** [[Vitamin B12 deficiency]], [[folate deficiency]], medications, and [[myelodysplastic syndrome]]
** Non-megaloblastic
** Non-megaloblastic
*** Alcohol, liver disease, hypothyroidism
*** [[Alcohol]], [[liver disease]], [[hypothyroidism]]


== Leukocytes (WBCs) ==
== Leukocytes ==


* CLL
* [[CLL]]
** Smudge cells
** Smudge cells
** Soccer ball cells
** Soccer ball cells

Revision as of 14:15, 23 October 2021

Erythrocytes

Distribution

  • Agglutination: suggests IgM, either expected response to infection or autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Rouleaux: paraproteinemia

Morphology

  • Anisocytosis: size
  • Poikilocytosis: shape
  • Spherocytosis: Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS) or autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Acanthocytes: irregular cellular projections seen in hyposplenism
  • Echinocytes (burr cells): regular cellular projections that is usually artefact
  • Bite cells: oxidative stress, like G6PD deficiency

Size

Leukocytes

  • CLL
    • Smudge cells
    • Soccer ball cells
  • Reactive changes
    • Dohle bodies: diffuse blue dot in cytoplasm
    • Hypergranulation
    • Vacuolation
  • Left shift: increase in
    • Promyelocytes
    • Myelocytes
    • Metamyelocytes
    • Bands
    • Neutrophils