HSAs usually cause a wide variety of hematologic and hemostatic abnormalities, including anemia; thrombocytopenia; presence of nRBC, schistocytes, and acanthocytes in the blood smear; and leukocytosis with neutrophilia, left shift, and monocytosis.
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Acanthocyte in chorea-acanthocytosis : fewer irregularly distributed spiculae, in living specimen ( DIC 945 x ) ( a ), standard staining ( BF 1000 x oil ) ( b ), and Scanning Electron Microscope ( c ).
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Bite cells and / or blistor cells for oxidative hemolysis, Acanthocytes for pyruvate kinase deficiency or McLeod phenotype, Sickle cells for sickle cell anemia, Spherocytes for immune-mediated hemolysis or hereditary spherocytosis, Elliptocytosis for iron deficiency or hereditary elliptocytosis and schistocytes for intravascular hemolysis.
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"' Acanthocyte "'( from the Greek word ????? " acantha ", meaning'thorn'), in biology and medicine, refers to a form of red blood cell that has a spiked cell membrane, due to abnormal thorny projections.
