Erythrocyte morphology and artifacts in peripheral blood smears: evaluating cell shape, causes of artifactual clearings and fixation defects.
When the patient is also interested in what’s happening to them 😁
How to distinguish true elliptocytes in a blood smear from preparation artifacts: cell orientation features and microscopic evaluation criteria.
Characteristic peripheral blood smear in hereditary ovalocytosis: pronounced poikilocytosis with a predominance of elliptocytes and ovalocytes.
An unusual radial aggregation of red blood cells in a peripheral blood smear. Features of red blood cell morphology assessment and laboratory artifacts.
