Malaria

Question 1

Plasmodium ovale blood film

Answer 1

Enlarged RBC
Rocket ship (half smooth then jagged edges)
Trophozoite rings (single chromatin dot)
Schizonts

Question 2

Platelets in malaria

Answer 2

Thrombocytopenia

Question 3

Plasmodium falciparum blood film

Answer 3

Gametocyte (crescents)
Can have 2+ rings in a cell with 2 chromatin dots or one

Question 4

Microfilaria

Answer 4

Worms in tails/edges

Question 5

Sideroblastic anaemia

Answer 5

Pappenheimer bodies
Poikilocytosis
Acanthocytes
Burr cells
Schistocytes
Normocytic normochromic

Question 6

Sideroblasts

Answer 6

Iron stain- red/orange with nucleus and granules

Question 7

Siderocytes

Answer 7

Thick granules in a cell - dark colour
No nucleus

Question 8

WBC in post splenectomy

Answer 8

High