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Strange things on CBC

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March 28, 2005 at 8:08 pm #5045

Palacelaw
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Hi,

My mother received her latest CBC result last Friday. On it she noticed several new things: 3+anisocytosis, 2+ macrocytosis, slight poiklocytosis and basophillic stippling present. Does anyone know what any of these mean? Thanks for your help.

March 30, 2005 at 2:18 am #5046

Terri
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If Neil Comes on I am sure he will have an answer for you, Sorry I could not be of help

April 1, 2005 at 5:38 pm #5047

gemloyear
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Hi, I’ve been trying to find those tests on the internet also, so far I havn’t found anything. Doc has been taking those on a regular basis. I’m going to try to find out at the next appt.Perhaps Neil will come on with some inf. Anyone know,help ?

Ellie

April 1, 2005 at 5:59 pm #5048

sarah
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Palace, my husband had this early in diagnosis. Poiklocytosis means change in shape. Basophilllic stippling is fine, medium or coarse blue granules with uniform distribution within the red cell.Anisocytosis ia a condition that is characterized by a considerable variation in the size of cells, especially red blood cells. Macrocytosis is presence of cells with an abnormally high mean corpuscular volume.

April 1, 2005 at 9:35 pm #5049

gemloyear
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Thank you Sarah, where did you find this info?

Ellie

April 1, 2005 at 9:45 pm #5050

shirlsgirl
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Hi guys,

If you put RBC morphology in a search engine (ie.Google) you’ll find the info…Or if you also put in MDS you’ll see morphology typical in MDS patients.

Jody

April 1, 2005 at 10:14 pm #5051

sarah
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I researched this a few years back when my husband was first dx’d. This showed up on CBC on RBC morphology. Just do a search engine it will come up.
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