Exam 10: The Complete Blood Count and Peripheral Blood Smear Evaluation

What is one of the disease states associated with the presence of target cells?

Acanthocytes or spur cells have membranes with irregular distribution of spikes.What other significant feature does this cell possess?

How would you differentiate between an acanthocyte and an echinocyte?

Describe the purpose of and the way to calculate the "rule of three."

Which RBC inclusion is characterized by diffusely staining RNA precipitate that can be seen when blood is stained with Wright's stain?

What should be reported about the RBCs indicated by the arrows in the following image?

Platelet estimates are usually performed on a blood smear using which microscopic magnification?

Why do we see Howell-Jolly bodies in patients who have had a splenectomy? Explain your answer.

Remnants of DNA inside an RBC produce which type of inclusion?

How does the mean cell volume value classify cells?

A bone marrow aspirate is hypercellular and has an M:E ratio of 1:4.What can be concluded from this? There is:

The hemoglobin and hematocrit on a newborn are 18.9 g/dL and 60%.How would you interpret these data?

Identify the poikilocytes in the following image and indicate a possible mechanism for their formation.

Codocytes are associated with all of the following conditions except:

A peripheral blood smear has an even distribution of both normocytic normochromic cells and microcytic hypochromic cells.What is this phenomenon called?

The following data were reported by an instrument: RBC = 5.00 × 10₁₂ /L,hemoglobin = 8.5 g/dL and hematocrit = 32%.Calculate the MCHC.

Identify the RBC inclusion in the following image.

Which RBC parameter describes the variation in the volume of the RBCs in a blood sample?

What staining method can be used to differentiate Pappenheimer bodies from reticulocytes?

What disease state is associated with helmet cells?