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

Slide 068 [100X]

This slide was taken from the peipheral blood of a 78 year-old female with hereditary elliptocytosis. The red blood cells indicted by the arrows are elliptocytes.

NUMBER OF RESPONSES % OF LABORATORIES CELL CODE AND TYPE

473

100%

Code:34 Elliptocyte

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