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Lecture 19: Hemolytic Anemia
Rakesh Mehta MD
Presentation Date:
February 22, 2024
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
> 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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