Dacrocyte

A dacrocyte (or dacryocyte) is a type of poikilocyte that is shaped like a teardrop (a "teardrop cell"). A proliferation of dacrocytes is known as "dacrocytosis".

Dacrocytosis can be associated with myelofibrosis.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Poikilocytosis: Abnormalities of Erythrocyte Shape". http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/weisent/index.php. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 

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Abnormal clinical and laboratory findings for blood tests (R70–R79, 790)
Red blood cells
Size
Shape (Poikilocyte)
membrane abnormalities: Acanthocyte · Codocyte · Ovalocyte · Spherocyte
other: Dacrocyte · Schistocyte · Degmacyte
abnormal hemoglobin precipitation (Heinz body)
Other
Lymphocytes
Small molecules
Nitrogenous
Proteins
Other
Minerals
Pathogens/sepsis

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cell/phys (coag, heme, immu, gran), csfs

rbmg/mogr/tumr/hist, sysi/epon, btst

drug (B1/2/3+5+6), btst, trns

M: URI

anat/phys/devp/cell

noco/acba/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, urte

proc/itvp, drug (G4B), blte, urte