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Haematological abnormalities

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Haematological features of hyposplenism include:

  • Howell-Jolly bodies
  • Pappenheimer bodies
  • target cells
  • irregular contracted red blood cells
  • 'pitted' erythrocytes

Reference

  1. Kirkineska L et al. Functional hyposplenism. Hippokratia v.18(1); Jan-Mar 2014.

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