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. 2014 May;14(2):e259-60.
Epub 2014 Apr 7.

Pseudopyropoikilocytosis leading to spurious results

Arwa Z Al-Riyami  1 , Khalil Al-Farsi  1 , Ibrahim Al-Shehhi  2 , Murtadha Al-Khabori  1 , Mohammed Al-Huneini  1 , Heidi Davis  1
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Pseudopyropoikilocytosis leading to spurious results

Arwa Z Al-Riyami et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2014 May.
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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Blood film showing numerous small basophilic particles in clumps (arrow) and small chains (arrow head).
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Blood film showing striking red cell poikilocytosis with numerous microspherocytes (arrow head) and irregular pleomorphic fragments (red arrows). A necrotic neutrophil with distorted nuclei can also be seen in the field (black arrow).
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