Schistocytes (Red Blood Cell Fragments)
Schistocytes (Red Blood Cell Fragments)
Schistocytes (see arrows) are damaged red blood cells, which may occur in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (including disseminated intravascular coagulation, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and valvular hemolysis).
By permission of the publisher. From Tefferi A, Li C. In Atlas of Clinical Hematology. Edited by JO Armitage. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 2004.