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kfurse

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Cells with a slit (stomatocytes) instead of a round central pallor can be found in all of the following except:
 
  a. Liver disease of alcoholism
  b. Rhnull disease
  c. Hereditary elliptocytosis
  d. Blood films with a drying artifact

Question 2

What red cell morphology is often seen in patients with uremia?
 
  a. Spherocytes
  b. Echinocytes
  c. Elliptocytes
  d. Stomatocytes



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The characteristic red cell morphology in hereditary elliptocytosis is elliptic. All other situations listed can show the presence of stomatocytes.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Echinocytes, also called burr cells, are seen in uremic patients and neonates.



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