RBC forms/anemia
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| Spherocytes | Hereditary spherocytosis, autoimmune hemolysis
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| Elliptocyte | hereditary elliptocytosis
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| Macro-ovalocyte | Marrow failure, Megablastic anemia (hypersegmented polys common),
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| Helmet cell/schistocyte | DIC, TTP/HUS, traumatic hemolysis
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| Sickle cell | Sickle cell anemia
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| Acanthyocyte (spur cell) | Spiny appearance in liver disease and abetalipoproteinemia
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| Target cell | HbC disease, Asplenia, Liver disease, Thalassemia
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| Burr cell | TTP/HUS
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| Basophilic stippling | Thalassemia, Anemia of chronic disease, Iron deficiency, lead poisoning
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| HALT | Pneumonic for taret cells (Hbc disease, asplenia, liver disease, thalassemia)
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| Tail | Basophilic stippling (Thalassemia, anemia of chronic disease, iron deficiency, lead poisoning)
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| Heinz bodies formation | Oxidation of iron from ferrous to ferric form leads to denature hemoglboin preciptiation and damage to RBC membrane (bite cells)
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| Howell Jolly bodies formation | Basophilic nuclear remnants found in RBC
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| Howel jolly bodies | Hyposplenia, asplenia
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| Heinz bodies | alpha thalassemia, G6PD deficiency
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| Microcytic anemias | Iron deficiency, Thalassemia, Lead poisoning, sideroblastic anemia
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| Macrocytic | Megaloblastic (B12/folate), drugs that block DNA (sulfa, phenytoidn AZT)
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| Normocytic | hemorrhage, enzyme defects, RBC defects (hereditary), bone marrow disorders, hemaglobinopathies (sickel cell), auotimmune hemolytic, Anemia of chronic disease
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| Iron deficiency = serum iron, TIBC, ferritin levels | decreased serum iron, increased TIBC, decreased ferritin
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| Anemia of chronic disease= TIBC, ferritin | Decreased TIBC, increased ferritin,
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| Pneumonic for microcytic anemia | LIST (lead poisoning, iron deficiency, sideroblastic anemia, thalassemia)
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