Spherocytosis
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This article is about the presence of spheroid red blood cells. For the hereditary cause of this disorder, see Hereditary spherocytosis.
Spherocytosis is the presence of spherocytes in the blood, i.e. erythrocytes (red blood cells) that are sphere-shaped rather than bi-concave disk shaped as normal. Spherocytes are found in all hemolytic anemias to some degree. Hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia are characterized by having only spherocytes.[1]
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Spherocytosis seen in a peripheral blood smear from a patient with hereditary spherocytosis | |
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