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

Slide 064 [100X]

This slide was taken from a 27 year old male with thalassemia major. The cells indicated by the arrows are spherocytes. They have a decreased diameter and are without central pallor. Spherocytes are associated with hereditary spherocytosis and hemolytic anemia, but may also be found in a variety of blood dyscrasias.

NUMBER OF RESPONSES	% OF LABORATORIES	CELL CODE AND TYPE
466	98.5%	Code: 42 Spherocyte
5	1.1%	Code: 46 Erythrocyte - normal
1	0.2%	Code: 47 Erythrocyte-polychromatophilic
1	0.2%	Code: 7 Metamyelocyte

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