20 March 2023 (Monday) - NEQAS Morphology

 

I got hold of the most recent morphology NEQAS result today.

2301 BF1

I said  Target cells Nucleated Rbc Polychromasia Spherocytes Thrombocytopenia

Top Ten Consensus Target Cells Polychromatic Cells Nucleated RBCs Irregularly Contracted Cells Stomatocytes Thrombocytopenia Spherocytes Microcytes Other Rbc Comment - please specify Large/Giant Platelets

I felt this was a thalassaemia. It was HbC disease with thalassaemia.

 

 2301 BF2

I said Target cells (not so many as BF1) Sickle cells Nucleated red cells Anisopoikilocytosis Howell-Jolly Bodies

Top Ten Consensus Target Cells Sickle Cells Howell-Jolly Bodies Nucleated RBCs Polychromatic Cells Fragments/Schistocytes Poikilocytes Large/Giant Platelets Elliptocytes Hypochromic Cells

I felt this was a case of sickle cell disease. It was…