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Elliptocyte
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Gallery
Peripheral blood smear 100x magnification Wright-Giemsa stain showing elliptocytes (+3), hypochromic microcytic RBCs, and moderate anisopoikilocytosis in a patient with concurrent hereditary elliptocytosis and iron-deficiency anaemia. (human (peripheral blood, hereditary elliptocytosis with iron deficiency anaemia); Figure 4.)
Almutairy KA et al. 2024, Cureus · CC BY 4.0
Peripheral blood smear (Wright-Giemsa stain, 100x magnification) showing elliptocytes (thin blue arrows) in a patient with hereditary elliptocytosis presenting with splenomegaly. Elongated, elliptical red blood cells characteristic of hereditary elliptocytosis. (human (peripheral blood, hereditary elliptocytosis); Figure 2.)
Oguaju B et al. 2026, Cureus · CC BY 4.0
Peripheral blood smear showing elliptocytes (thin blue arrow) in a patient with hereditary elliptocytosis identified during evaluation of splenomegaly. Wright-Giemsa stain, 100x magnification. (human (peripheral blood, hereditary elliptocytosis); Figure 2.)
Oguaju B et al. 2026, Cureus · CC BY 4.0
Papers
- Oguaju B, Hamilton M, Bridgland L. Hereditary Elliptocytosis Identified During the Evaluation of Splenomegaly: A Case Report. Cureus. 2026;18:e114970. PMID: 42769632.
- Almutairy KA, Alasmari BG, Rayees S. Digenic Inheritance of Hereditary Spherocytosis Type III and X-linked Agammaglobulinemia: Coexistence of Two Distinct Recessive Disorders in a Male Child. Cureus. 2024;16:e69887. PMID: 39439639.