Dacrocyte

Dacrocyte
Dacrocytes (teardrop cells)

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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v · d · eAbnormal 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
developmental organelles (Howell-Jolly body, Basophilic stippling, Pappenheimer bodies, Cabot rings)
abnormal hemoglobin precipitation (Heinz body)
Other
Lymphocytes
Smudge cell · Downey cell
Small molecules
Hyperglycemia · Prediabetes (Impaired fasting glucose, Impaired glucose tolerance)
Nitrogenous
Proteins
Other
Elevated cardiac markers · Elevated alpha-fetoprotein
Minerals
Pathogens/sepsis
Bacteremia · Viremia · Fungemia · Parasitemia · Algaemia

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

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