red blood cellsteardrop cellsTeardrop erythrocytes (syn. dakryocytes) play a key role in the evaluation of peripheral blood smears in patients with anemia, especially as part of the "leukoerythroblastic picture". Teardrop-shaped red blood cells can be seen in a wide range of diseases tha...
The presence of teardrop‐shaped red cells in peripheral blood has traditionally been felt to reflect altered marrow architecture, namely myelofibrosis. We evaluated two patients with splenomegaly, moderately severe hemolytic anemia due to warm‐reactive IgG anti‐red cell autoantibody, and bone marrow ...