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Variations of Red Blood Cell



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Elliptocyte, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Spherocyte, Bloodsmear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Leptocyte (hypochromic microcytic red cell), Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Poikilocyte (DIC), Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Tear Drop Cell, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Basophilic Stippling, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Pappenheimer's body, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Howell-Jolly's body, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Rouleaux Formation, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Malaria, Blood smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000

Thalassemia, Bone marrow smear, May-Giemsa stain, x1000



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Nagoya University School of Medicine Department of Medicine The Branch Hospital
Takuji Ichihashi, Tomoki Naoe
Nagasaki University School of Medicine Department of Hematology
Kazutaka Kuriyama
Kyoto University College of Medical Technology
Masataka Sasada
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Department of Medicine Three
Ryuzo Ohno