Case Study: Laboratory test results

Ungraded Practice Question

This is a representative field from the patient's peripheral blood smear.

What RBC morphology is prominent on this patient's smear?

Please select the single best answer

Spherocytes
Codocytes (target cells)
Acanthocytes
Schistocytes

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