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Red blood cells, tear-drop shape

This photomicrograph shows one of the abnormal shapes that red blood cells (RBCs) may assume, a tear-drop shape. Normally, RBCs are round. Red blood cells, tear-drop shape

Review Date: 5/1/2006

Reviewd By: Michael C. Milone, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.

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Red blood cells, tear-drop shape