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Lecture 21: Hemolytic Anemia
Presentation Date:
March 24, 2022
Presenters:
Srikanth Nagalla MD
Chief of Benign Hematology
Miami Cancer Institute
Rakesh Mehta MD
Vice Chair for Education,
Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Date: March 24, 2022
This is a classic peripheral smear of a patient with Warm (IgG) Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.
Spherocytes are indicative of IgG mediated hemolytic anemia, (or hereditary spherocytosis).
The large red cells with a blue color, referred to as polychromatophilia, are young red cells. An increase in young red cells is confirmed with a reticulocyte count and indicates increased red cell production.
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