22 November 2023: Articles
A 21-Year-Old Woman with Sickle Cell Disease and Vaso-Occlusive Pain Associated with Using an Electronic Nicotine Dispensing System (E-Cigarette or Vape) – a Case Report
Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons
Ganga Girish A , Bingtao Xiang A , Lewis L. Hsu A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941268
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941268
Figure 1. Photomicrograph of red blood cell (RBC) morphology from sickle cell disease SS (not this patient). Wrights-Giemsa stain. 40×. Photo by author. A few RBCs have the crescent shape that is classically described as a “sickled cell.” About half of the RBCs are elongated but not crescents. About half of the RBCs are round, with the normal biconcave disc shape. This variation in RBC shape could represent ex vivo oxygenation, dehydration, or other conditions outside the body. A normal neutrophil is seen at the lower left corner. Normal platelets are present but out of focus in this image.