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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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