Poikilocytosis

Poikilocytosis is an an increase in the number of abnormally shaped red blood cells that make up at least 10% of the red blood cells.The red blood cells or poikilocytes may be different shapes such as flat, elongated, teardrop, crescent-shaped, or they may have point-like or thorn-like projections, or may have any other abnormal feature.

What causes poikolocytosis?

Poikilocytosis is caused by many medical conditions such as

• anemia,
• red blood cell membrane defects like hereditary spherocytosis,
• many genetic causes like sickle cell disease, thalassemia,
• nutritional disorders like iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia, and
• other causes like renal and liver disease

Conditions where poikolocytosis is seen

• Overt primary myelofibrosis
• Polycythemia vera, post-polycythemic myelofibrosis phase
• Myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts and fibrosis
• Myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts-1
• Myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts-2
• Myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts
• Refractory anemia

‎ ‎

---

Translate: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, தமிழ், తెలుగు, Urdu, ಕನ್ನಡ, Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, বাংলা
European español, Deutsch, français, Greek, português do Brasil, polski, română, русский, Nederlands, norsk, svenska, suomi, Italian
Middle Eastern & African عربى, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, Afrikaans, isiZulu, Kiswahili,
Other Bulgarian, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, മലയാളം, मराठी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, ગુજરાતી, Portuguese, Ukrainian