Learn more about platelets, small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding and serve other important purposes.

Blood disorders are often characterized by altered numbers and aberrant shapes of red and white blood cells. To diagnose the diseases, physicians classically examine blood smears on a slide under ...

and normal erythrocytes in a peripheral-blood smear. Panel B shows bone marrow in a patient with ITP, with good cellularity, normal development of erythroid and myeloid cells, and an increased ...

Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis ... evaluated on a peripheral smear May be a normal variation in neonates.

Like multiple myeloma, MGUS starts in a type of white blood cell called plasma cells. These cells make m-protein ... not have symptoms or signs of multiple myeloma. Some people feel peripheral ...

Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis ... evaluated on a peripheral smear May be a normal variation in neonates.