Teardrop-shaped red blood cells can be seen in a wide range of diseases that lead to bone marrow fibrosis, which is often accompanied by extramedullary hematopoesis. The differential diagnoses encompass primary myelofibrosis (PMF), myelodysplastisc syndromes during the late course of the disease...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook poikilocytosis (redirected fromTeardrop cell) Medical poikilocytosis [pȯi¦kil·ə·sī′tō·səs] (medicine) A condition in which erythrocytes are distorted in shape. ...
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 ...