Spherocytes are not seen in:: (A) Splenectomy, (B) Plasmodium falciparum, (C) Hereditary spherocytosis, (D) Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
Answer is B. Ans: b (Plasmodium falciparum) Ref: Hairison, ed, p. 608Spherocytes are not seen in Plasmodium falciparum infectionConditions in which Spherocytes are seenAutoimmune haemolysisHereditary spherocytosisPost splenectomyDisseminated intravascular coagulationClostridium Welchii septicaemiaBumsBasophilic stipplingLead poisoning5' nucleotidase (maximum)ThalassaemiaMyelodysplasiaAplastic anaemiaTarget cellsLiver diseasePost splenectomyThalassaemiaHb C diseaseAcanthocytosisChronic liver diseaseBurr cellsUraemiaHowell - Jolly bodiesMegaloblastic anaemiaPost splenectomyStomatocytesAlcoholism Note:Smudge cells- Chronic lymphatic leukaemiaFlame cells- Multiple myelomaFlower cells- Adult T cell lymphomaFaggot cells- AML M, (promyelocytic leukaemia)Tear drop cells- MyelofibrosisHallmark cells- Anaplastic large cell lymphomaSea blue histiocytes- CML