Types of Anemia
The following are some of the most common anemias. They are arbitrarily grouped according to RBC color and size; other sources may group them in different ways.
1. Anemia Due to Bleeding: ...
Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia blood smear and CBC Reports
Decreased RBC size and Hemoglobin content (MCH) and concentration (MCHC) and increased central zone of pallor for more than the third of cell diameter.
Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia ...
knizocytes a specific shapes of erythrocytes
The term knizocyte describes a specific shape form of erythrocytes that deviates from the standard form. These cells have two concavities instead of the one seen with normal erythrocytes. ...
How Thalassemia is passed on from parents to children
How Thalassemia is passed on from parents to children
Codocytes known as Target Cells
Codocytes (“target cells”) are thin, hypochromatic cells with a round area of central pigmentation.
Codocytes are characteristically seen after splenectomy, and in patients ...
Hypochromic microcytic anemia on peripheral smear
This is hypochormic microcytic anemia condition
Hypochormic as central pallor zone increased in most red cells
Microcytic as cells are smaller than normal
Anisocytosis (variation in ...




