Haematological abnormalities
Haematological features of hyposplenism include:
- Howell-Jolly bodies
- Pappenheimer bodies
- target cells
- irregular contracted red blood cells
- 'pitted' erythrocytes
Reference
- Kirkineska L et al. Functional hyposplenism. Hippokratia v.18(1); Jan-Mar 2014.
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