This photomicrograph shows one of the abnormal shapes that red
blood cells (RBCs) may assume, a tear-drop shape. Normally, RBCs
are round.
Review Date: 03/04/2010
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz.
Previously reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of
Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine,
University of Washington School of Medicine (2/9/2010).
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