Thread by @nihardesai7

CELLS in Hemat 💪🏻

Sickle cell=Drepanocyte➡️SCD
Tear drop=Dacrocyte➡️MF
Spur cell=Acanthocyte➡️Liver ds
Burr cell=Echinocyte➡️Uremia/PK def
Target cell=Codocyte➡️Hb'pathies
Bite cell=eccentrocyte➡️G6PD def
Pencil cell=ovalocyte➡️IDA
Pincered cell➡️Band 3 def
Prickle cell➡️PK def

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Sickle cells, not hard to identify.
Can't miss these isn't it ?

Tear drop cells a/w marrow fibrosis.

Acanthocyte/spur cells , irregularly spaced "spikes" !!
A/w liver disease, abetalipoproteinemia.

In contrast to the above image, note how the "spikes" are regularly spaced !!
These are ecchinocytes/burr cells a/w uremia.

Bull's eye. Hard to miss these target cells. Seen in thalassemia and other Hb'pathies and also with asplenia.

That took a BIG "bite" out of that !!!
G6Pd deficiency.

All images are from the @ASH_hematology image bank. A big thank you for existing 💪🏻🙏🏻

P.S. I am not a hemato-pathologist. Those guys are from a different planet. RESPECT 🙏🏻