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complete blood count
poikilocytosis
diagnoses

definition

• spherocytes: Congenital; warm or cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
• target cells: Hemoglobin C pathology; Thalassemia minor; Iron deficiency anemia; Postsplenectomy; Liver disease; Lab artifact.
• ovalocytes: Microcytic anemia; Megaloblastic anemia; Hereditary.
• teardrop: Myelofibrosis; Thalassemia.
• sickle cell: Sickle cell anemia.
• acanthocytes: Abetalipoproteinemia.
• helmet: DIC; Severe heart valve problems; Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia; Snakebite.
• bite cells: Hemolysis from drugs and/or glucose 6-PD deficiency.


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