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RBC Pathology

 

Abnormal Size/Color
Macrocytes (Pernicious anemia)
Microcytes  (Iron deficiency anemia, Thalassemia)
Hypochromic  (Iron deficiency anemia)
Hyperchromic/Spherocytes) (Hereditary spherocytosis)

Out of Round
Ovalocytes  (Pernicious anemia)
Elliptocytes  (Hereditary elliptocytosis)
Sickle Cells  (sickle cell)

Weird Shaped
Target Cells  (Hemoglobin C disease, Thalassemia)
Poikilocytes
Schistocytes  (Artificial heart valve)
Crenated Cells

Miscelaneous
Anisocytosis  (treated anemia)
Rouleaux  (Multiple myeloma)
Artificial Heart Valve