Open AccessThe acanthocyte-echinocyte differential
Author(s) -
Armando Foglia
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
swiss medical weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1424-7860
pISSN - 1424-3997
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2010.13039
Subject(s) - echinocyte , medicine , differential diagnosis , differential (mechanical device) , pathology , red blood cell , aerospace engineering , engineering
Acanthocytes are a distinct structural (and functional) entity compared to echinocytes. The differential, however, is not always clear. A summary of morphologic characteristic to make a clear distinction is provided, using the blood of a rare neurologic disease with acanthocytic transformation of red blood cells.
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