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microspherocyte /mi·cro·sphe·ro·cyte/ (-sfēr´ah-sīt) spherocyte.
microspherocyte [mi″kro-sfēr´o-sīt] an erythrocyte whose diameter is less than normal, but whose thickness is increased.
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Table 1 Laboratory features of : hemolytic uremic syndrome Anemia -- often severe Moderate neutrophilia Fragmented RBCs, burr cells, and microspherocytes Reticulocytosis Thrombocytopenia Hemoglobinemia Low haptoglobin Mildly elevated bilirubin Elevated urea nitrogen and creatinine Hemoglobinuria with RBCs, WBCs, and casts Acknowledgement The author thanks Mary Jacobs, MT (ASCP), section head of microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Hospital, for help with researching this article. Examination of the peripheral blood smear revealed microspherocytes, polychromasia, and a few nucleated red blood cells. Examination of a well-prepared peripheral blood film from a patient with HS reveals many characteristic microspherocytes, which appear as very deeply stained red cells with decreased diameters and without central pallor. |
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