QUESTION :
Blood film‚ from an anaemic male patient aged 75 who had a gastrectomy for carcinoma of stomach six months previously. Comment on the findings.
ANSWER :
The red cells show marked membrane irregularities‚ principally acanthocytic changes and fragmentation. Haemolysis is sometimes a complication of red cell damage related to metastatic disease.
Blood film‚ from an anaemic male patient aged 75 who had a gastrectomy for carcinoma of stomach six months previously. Comment on the findings.
ANSWER :
The red cells show marked membrane irregularities‚ principally acanthocytic changes and fragmentation. Haemolysis is sometimes a complication of red cell damage related to metastatic disease.
