acanthocyte /acan·tho·cyte/ (ah-kan´tho-sīt) a distorted erythrocyte with protoplasmic projections giving it a “thorny” appearance; seen in abetalipoproteinemia and other conditions.
acanthocyte
acanthocyte
a·can·tho·cyte ( -k n th-s t )n. A red blood cell characterized by multiple spiny cytoplasmic projections and found in acanthocytosis. Also called acanthrocyte. |
acanthocyte
[əkan′thəsīt′]
Etymology: Gk, akantha + kytos, cell
an abnormal erythrocyte with spurlike projections. Large numbers are present in abetalipoproteinemia; fewer occur in cirrhosis and in certain malabsorption syndromes. Compare burr cell, elliptocyte. See also abetalipoproteinemia, acanthocytosis.
acanthocyte
an erythrocyte with protoplasmic projections giving it a thorny appearance; may be seen in dogs with liver disease and related disturbances of lipid metabolism and in dogs with hemangiosarcoma. Morphologically similar to spur cells, but biochemically distinct. See also spur-cell anemia.
acanthocyte
Acanthrocyte Hematology An RBC with a irregularly spaced, pointed spicules, of varying shape and number–Greek, ακαντηο, spike; acanthocytes are seen in
abetalipoproteinemia–hereditary acanthocytosis, as well as in alcoholic cirrhosis with hemolytic anemia, hemolytic anemia due to pyruvate kinase deficiency, in neonatal hepatitis, after heparin administration or splenectomy. See Red blood
cells.
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