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Lecture 19: Hemolytic Anemia

Rakesh Mehta MD
Presentation Date: 
February 22, 2024

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Presenters:
Srikanth Nagalla MD
Chief of Benign Hematology
Miami Cancer Institute
SrikanthN@baptisthealth.net

Rakesh Mehta MD
Vice Chair for Education,
Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
ramehta@iu.edu

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> 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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