Elliptocyte
(Ovalocyte)
Peripheral blood smear, Wright-Giemsa stain, 500x
Description:
Oval to pencil-shaped red cell with central palor and polarization of the hemoglobin.
Pathobiology:
Due to abnormalities of the skeletal red cell membrane proteins.
Differential Diagnosis:
- Hereditary elliptocytosis (ovalocytosis)
- Iron deficiency anemia- numbers small with hypochromia (pencil cell)
- Thalassemia (numbers small)
- Dyserythropoiesis of whatever cause (numbers small)
- Megaloblastic anemias (numbers small)
- Myelopthisic anemias (numbers small)
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Charles
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Hess,
M.D.,FACP
Professor of Internal Medicine |
| Department of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology |
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| M.D. Degree: | University of Virginia, 1959 | |
| Residency: | Internal Medicine, University of Virginia | |
| Fellowship: | Hematology, University of Virginia | |
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Internal Medicine
Hematology |
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| Research Interests: | Hematologic malignancies, splenomegaly | |
| Department Web Site: | http://www.healthsystem.vir ginia.edu/internet/internal/ |
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| Phone: | (434) 924-2572 | |