Alterations In Erythrocyte Shape

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SPHEROCYTE

OVALOCYTE
LEPTOCYTE
ACANTHOCYTE
MEGALOCYTE

STOMATOCYTE

SCHIZOCYTE
POIKILOCYTE
DACROCYTE
ROULEAUX FORMATION

DACROCYTE

 

Description:

Dacrocytes or “tear drop” cells are in fact discocytes drawn into a spicule. They can be of normal, reduced or increased size.

Size:

Changeable.

Shape:

Pear shaped with a more or less extended tail that sometimes ends in a swelling.

Significance:     

They can be found in patient with myelofibrosis.