Dr. Leontios Pappas (Medicine): An 80-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of pancytopenia and the identification of schistocytes on a peripheral-blood smear. Six weeks before ...

Schistocyte enumeration is a recurrent laboratory request after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The presence of schistocytes in the peripheral blood (PB) is considered to be abnormal and ...

Whole red blood cells have a round shape, whereas schistocytes are triangle- or helmet-shaped. Triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia Several health conditions involve MAHA.

In addition to showing schistocytes, the peripheral-blood smear often shows evidence of leukoerythroblastosis with left-shifted myeloid cells, nucleated red cells, ...

Evaluation for anemia and thrombocytopenia should include an emergent peripheral blood smear to look for schistocytes, indicative of microscopic hemolytic anemia. A patient with suspected thrombotic ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the rapid development and administration of various vaccines worldwide, with some reports linking these vaccines to immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the rapid development and administration of various vaccines worldwide, with some reports linking these vaccines to immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).