Hematology

Unusual Red Blood Cell Aggregation in Peripheral Smear

An unusual radial aggregation of red blood cells in a peripheral blood smear. Features of red blood cell morphology assessment and laboratory artifacts.

Blood smear: unusual radial aggregation of red blood cells
Blood smear: unusual radial aggregation of red blood cells

🌸 Chrysanthemum of Red Blood Cells 🩸

🙏 Photo kindly provided by Vera Kirnas, Biologist at the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory of F.S. Ankudinov Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Hospital