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Case Reports

Atypical erythrocytes and platelets in a patient with a pro-thrombin mutation

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Pages 461-462 | Received 12 Jul 2013, Accepted 29 Jul 2013, Published online: 08 Oct 2013

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Figure 1. Light microscopy of a healthy individual’s whole blood smear (scale = 10) (A); SEM micrograph of a typical discoid RBC (scale = 1 μm) (B); Typical bulbous platelet with some pseudopodia (scale = 1 μm) (C); Fibrin network (scale = 1 μm) (D).

Figure 1. Light microscopy of a healthy individual’s whole blood smear (scale = 10) (A); SEM micrograph of a typical discoid RBC (scale = 1 μm) (B); Typical bulbous platelet with some pseudopodia (scale = 1 μm) (C); Fibrin network (scale = 1 μm) (D).

Figure 2. Light microscopy of a whole blood smear with arrows showing platelets between erythrocytes (scale = 10 μm) (A); Erythrocyte with changed ultrastructure (scale = 1 μm) (B); SEM micrograph of activated platelet with spreading and membrane changes (scale = 2 μm) (C); Numerous platelets within dense fibrin networks (scale = 2 μm) (D).

Figure 2. Light microscopy of a whole blood smear with arrows showing platelets between erythrocytes (scale = 10 μm) (A); Erythrocyte with changed ultrastructure (scale = 1 μm) (B); SEM micrograph of activated platelet with spreading and membrane changes (scale = 2 μm) (C); Numerous platelets within dense fibrin networks (scale = 2 μm) (D).