Clinical Case 19 - Sickle cell anemia

Patient demography: Male aged 32
Diagnosis: Sickle cell anemia
Other information: Bilirubin 7.7, INR 1.73, TTPa 1.33 RATIO. The presence of abnormal levels or immature neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes in sickle cell anemia is an immune response of the body to the disease, which may be related to frequent infections and a compromised immune system.
Microscopic review: Neutrophils 85, Lymphocytes 10, Monocytes 2, Erythroblasts 74, Band cells 3, Anisocytosis +++, Dacrocytes, Elliptocytes, Sickle cell, Polychromasia, Howell-Jolly, Target cell.
How Yumizen can assist: The RDW CV and SD results make a detailed observation of the red blood cell abnormality.
Analyzer: Yumizen H2500/H1500
Case provided by: a laboratory in Brazil