Dacrocyte

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Dacrocytes (teardrop cells)

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

Dacrocytosis can be associated with myelophthisic anemia, commonly caused by myelofibrosis.^[1]

References

↑ "Poikilocytosis: Abnormalities of Erythrocyte Shape". Retrieved 2009-03-07.

External links

http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/heme/darocytes.html

Abnormal clinical and laboratory findings for blood tests (R70–R79, 790)

Red blood cells

Size	Anisocytosis Macrocyte Microcyte

Shape	Poikilocytosis membrane abnormalities: Acanthocyte Codocyte Ovalocyte Spherocyte other: Dacrocyte Echinocyte Schistocyte Degmacyte Drepanocyte Stomatocyte Knizocyte

Hemoglobinization	Anisochromia Hypochromia

Inclusion bodies	developmental organelles (Howell-Jolly body, Basophilic stippling, Pappenheimer bodies, Cabot rings) abnormal hemoglobin precipitation (Heinz body)

Other	Rouleaux Reticulocyte Elevated ESR

Lymphocytes

Smudge cell
Downey cell

Small molecules

Blood sugar	Hypoglycemia Hyperglycemia Prediabetes (Impaired fasting glucose, Impaired glucose tolerance) Oxyhyperglycemia

Nitrogenous	Azotemia Hyperuricemia Hypouricemia

Proteins

LFT	Elevated transaminases Elevated ALP Hypoproteinemia (Hypoalbuminemia)

Other	Elevated cardiac markers Elevated alpha-fetoprotein

Minerals

Iron overload disorder

Pathogens/sepsis

M: MYL

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

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