The Stat Lab

Archive/RSS/Ask/Submit

On the internet I am known as Slip. I am a 22 year old nerdface who practically lives and breathes laboratory medicine.

This blog has a No Live Tissue policy in regards to its images. In addition, the views in this blog do not necessarily reflect those of my employers.
Lab Tests

zoom
Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis smear. As you may have guessed from the name, patients with HPP have thermally unstable red cells. Normal red blood cells do not fragment until they are heated to 49°C. HPP cells fragment in about 10 mins at 45-46°C, or 6 hours at 37°C. Understandably, patients have severe hemolytic anemia.

Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis smear.

As you may have guessed from the name, patients with HPP have thermally unstable red cells. Normal red blood cells do not fragment until they are heated to 49°C. HPP cells fragment in about 10 mins at 45-46°C, or 6 hours at 37°C. Understandably, patients have severe hemolytic anemia.

#hematology  #science  #hereditary disease  #pyropoikilocytosis  
10 months ago on July 15, 2011 at 11:51am
18 notes
  1. roguetempest reblogged this from bluewejustgotaletter
  2. bluewejustgotaletter reblogged this from paramaline
  3. paramaline reblogged this from statlab and added:
    ‘hematology’ as a tracked tag now
  4. kwango reblogged this from statlab
  5. lifeispandemic reblogged this from statlab
  6. statlab posted this