New York State Department of Health - Wadsworth Center - Cytohematology Proficiency Testing

Slide 024 [50X]

This slide was taken from a peripheral blood smear made from a 33 year old male admitted for sickle cell crisis. The primary diagnosis was beta sickle-thalassemia. Evaluation of his hemoglobin revealed an absence of hemoglobin A1, hemoglobin S of 94.5% and hemoglobin A2 of 4.7%. The arrows on slide 024 indicate target cells.

NUMBER OF RESPONSES	CELL CODE AND TYPE
518	code 12- target cell (codocyte)

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