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RBC Morphology, Anemia, Hemoglobinopathy

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Normal size of RBC   6.8 to 7.5 micrometer  
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Poikilocytosis   many shapes.  
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Acanthocyte   multiple thorny, spike like irregularly  
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Blister Cell   Pyknocytes. one or more vacuoles.  
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Burr Cells   Echinocytes. RBC with one or more knobby projections.  
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Ellliptocytes   sausage or rod shaped.  
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Helmet Cells   Schizocyte. larger scopped out part. ruptured blister  
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Schistocyte   fragment.  
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Sickle cell   depanocyte. crescents  
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Spherocyte   compact and very round  
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Stomatocytes   Slit like opening resembles a coffee bean.  
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Target Cells   Codocytes. Bulls eye  
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Teardrop   Dacryocyte. teardrop  
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Basophilic stippling   Tiny, round dark granules. associated with lead poisoning and sever anemias  
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Cabot rings   Loop shaped inclusions. remnants of mitotic spindles.  
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Heinz bodies   Denatured hemoglobin. Hemolytic anemia, G6PD deficiencies and hemolytic anemia  
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Howell-Jolly Bodies   Small with only 1-2 per cell DNA remnants.  
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Pappenheimer bodies   Siderotic granules. iron inclusions.  
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Ziemanns stippling   Dust fine pink dots in malaria  
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Hemoglobin, hematocrit, RBC counts   Decreased  
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Shift to the left   Increase in immature cells  
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Chronic blood loss results in   hypochromic,microytic cells  
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Aplastic anemia   hypoproliferative disorder of pluripotiential or erythroid stem cells  
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Fanconi's Anemia   form of aplastic anemia. Inherited autosomal recessive gene.  
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Iron Deficiency Anemia   Hemoglobin, hematocrit decreased.  
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Megaloblastic Anemia   Absence of B12 and folic Acid  
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Megloblastic anemia lab findings   hemoglobin low. MCV and MCH increased. Macrocytes, ovalocytes, hyperseg  
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Shillings test   evidence of impaired B12 absorption correctly by intrinsic factor.  
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Osmotic Fragility Test   Phospholipid bilayer of the rbc membrane. hypotonic solution.  
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Hemolytic anemias   common anti u, anti lw, anti kell, jak or fya  
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hemoglobinopathy   genetic disorder. most caused by a single amino acid substitution. abnormal molecular structure  
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Examples of hemoglobinopathys   sickle cell and thalasemias  
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Normal adult hemoglobin levels   HbA-95%, HbA2 2%,HbA1 3%, HbF less then 1%  
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Sickle cell Genetics   AS-trait. ss-disease. Substitution of valine for glutamic acid in the 6th position.  
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Benefit of having the sickle cell trait   less chance for malaria parasite P. falciparum  
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Patients with sickle disease have   80% Hbs and HbF up to 20%  
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Sickle C disease   absence of HbA. Presence of hemoglobin S and C  
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Thalassemia   imbalance of globin chains available for hemoglobin dimer construction.  
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Beta Thalassemia   single gene , beta chain disorder on chromosome 11. increased retics,bilirubin, iron and TIBC, HBF  
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Beta Thalassemia minor   trait. mild anemia  
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Beta Thalassemia major   Cooley's Anemia. Severe anemia. ineffective erythropoeisis.  
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Alpha Thalassemia   deletions that remove one or both alpha globin genes from chromosome 16. 4 types. Found in S. Asia, Middle East.  
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Hemoglobin H Disease   Alpha Thalassemia. 3 inactive genes. 4-30% HbH on electrophoresis.  
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Hydrops Fetalis with Hb Barts.   Alpha Thalassemia. four inactive genes.  
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Hemoglobin E Disease   Results from the substitution of lysine for glutamic acid on the beta globin chain on the 26 position.  
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Cells in chronic anemias appear   hypochromic and microcytic  
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Characteristically found on a smear peripheral smear in a case of anemia   poik, bao stippling, pappenheimer bodies,cabot rings, heinz bodies.  
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RBC of 9 micometers and MCV of 104fl   Macrocyte  
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Inclusion of DNA remnant   Howell-Jolly Body  
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Common cause of hyochromic anemia   Iron deficiency anemia  
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Microcytosis in reflected by   Decreased MCV  
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glycolytic enzyme deficiency associated with Pentose Phosphate pathway. aerobic pathway   G6PD  
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Megaloblastic anemia findings   maco-ovalocytes,Hyperseg neuts,Howell-Jolly bodies  
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Sleep associated blood in the urine and intravascular hemolysis   Paroxymal Noctural Hemoblobinuria  
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Thalassemia described as   abnormal rate of globin chain synthesis  
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Megloblastic   abnormal marrow erthrocyte resulting in macrocytes  
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AOI/ACD   inflammation or chronic disorder  
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Hereditary Spherocytosis   inherited hemolytic anemia/membrane defect  
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Autoimmune hemolytic   increase RBC destruction due to antibodies bound to RBC  
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Embden-Meyerhof Pathway   Major source of cellular energy. net gain 2 atp.  
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Luebering Rapoport Pathway   Oxygen carrying capacity of and rbc  
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MCV average volume of rbc   hct/rbc count  
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MCH Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin   hemoglobin/rbc count  
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MCHC hemoglobin concentration   hemoglobin/hct  
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