Dyserythropoiesis
Oval macrocytes:
Peripheral blood features:
Microcytic hypochromic anemia:
RDW >15%
Dimorphic red cell population:
Poikilocytosis
Basophilic stippling
Normal folate/B
12
?
Iron studies?
Howell-Jolly bodies
Siderocytes
Indicators of
dyserythropoiesis
Bone marrow features:
Multinucleated red cell precursors:
Red cell precursors with abnormal shaped nuclei
Nuclear fragments
Internuclear bridging
Ringed sideroblasts
Erythrocytic hyper/hypoplasia