Inclusions

Question 1

Golf ball appearance

Answer 1

Hb H

Question 2

Bluish tinge
Polychromasia

Answer 2

Diffuse basophilia

Question 3

Fine or coarse punctuate granules

Answer 3

Basophilic stippling

Question 4

Not visible in wright stain

Answer 4

Hein bodies
Hb h

Question 5

Assoc diseases
Hemolytic anemia
After treatment for iron
Vit b12 or folate deficiency

Answer 5

Diffuse basophilia

Question 6

Assoc diseases
Lead poisoning
Thalassemia
Hemoglobinopathies
Megaloblastic anemia
Myelodysplastic syndrome

Answer 6

Basophilic stippling

Question 7

Assoc diseases
Hyposplenism
Postsplenectomy
Megaloblastic anemia
Hemolytic anemia
Thalassemia
Myelodysplastic syndrome

Answer 7

Howell jolly bodies

Question 8

Assoc diseases
G6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Unstable hemoglobins
Oxidant drugs

Answer 8

Heinz body

Question 9

Assoc disease
Sideroblastic anemia
Hemoglobinopathies
Thalassemia
Megaloblastic anemia
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Hyposplenism
Post splenectomy

Answer 9

Pappenheimer bodies

Question 10

Extensive burns

Answer 10

Spherocyte

Question 11

Iron deficiency anemia
Thalassemia major

Answer 11

Elliptocyte
Ovalocyte

Question 12

Cigar shape

Answer 12

Elliptocyte

Question 13

Egg shaped

Answer 13

Ovalocyte

Question 14

Rh deficiency syndrome
Artifact

Answer 14

Stomatocyte

Question 15

Hexagonal Crystal
Finger like or quartz like crystals of dense hemoglobin protruding from the RBC membrane

Answer 15

Hb C crystals

Question 16

Liver disease
Hemoglobinopathies
Thalassemia

Answer 16

Codocyte

Question 17

Fragmented RBC due to rupture in the peripheral circulation

Answer 17

Schistocyte

Question 18

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Extensive burns

Answer 18

Schistocyte

Question 19

Severe liver disease
Neuroacanthocytosis

Answer 19

Acanthocyte

Question 20

Small dense RBC with few irregularly spaced projection of varying length

Answer 20

Acanthocyte
Spur cell

Question 21

RBc without blunt or pointed short projections that are usually evenly spaced over the surface cells
Present in all fields of blood film but in variable numbers per field

Answer 21

Burr celll
Echinocytes

Question 22

Uremia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency

Answer 22

Burr cell
Echinocyte

Question 23

Primary myelofibrosis
Myelophtisic thalassemia
Thalassemia
Megaloblastic anemia

Answer 23

Teardrop
Dacryocyte

Question 24

Is the result of a defect in either nuclear maturation or stimulated erythropoiesis. True
macrocytes represent a nuclear maturation defect associated with a deficiency of either vit. B12 or folate

Answer 24

Macrocytosis

Question 25

Is associated with a decrease in hemoglobin synthesis.

Answer 25

Microcytosis