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

Slide 069 [100X]

This slide was taken from a 24 year-old male with sickle cell anemia. The cells indicated by the arrows are sickle cells.

NUMBER OF RESPONSES	% OF LABORATORIES	CELL CODE AND TYPE
470	99.4%	Code:41 Sickle cell
2	0.2	Code: 36 Nucleated red cell
1	0.2	Code: 69 (Invalid code)

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