Sickle Cell
Sickle Cell Anemia
Elongated, crescent-shaped and sickle RBCs. Note target cells (arrow) and Howell-Jolly body (both due to autosplenectomy secondary to repeated splenic infarcts). (Courtesy of Dr. M. Reis)
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Elongated, crescent-shaped and sickle RBCs. Note target cells (arrow) and Howell-Jolly body (both due to autosplenectomy secondary to repeated splenic infarcts). (Courtesy of Dr. M. Reis)
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
Fragmented RBCs (schistocytes). Note Helmet cell and triangle-shaped cell (arrows).
Small, round, densely staining red blood cells with no central area of pallor.
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Agglutination of red blood cells (arrow).