Erythrophagocytosis in Peripheral Blood Smear of a Patient with Urinary Tract Infection

نویسندگان
Amelirad, Asra ID 1
Modarresi, Parisa ID 2
Abedi, Farzad ID 3
Soltani, Hassan ID 4

1 Kowsar Medical laboratory, Kowsar Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Department of Pathology, Kowsar Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.

3 Department of Urology, Kowsar Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.

4 Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

doi
10.58209/ijbc.14.1.37
چکیده

Erythrophagocytosis refers to the removal of old and damaged red blood cells by leukocytes and macrophages. Observation of erythrophagocytosis in peripheral blood smear is a rare phenomenon that is mostly observed in paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria and sporadically in some other pathological conditions. Here, we report a case of erythrophagocytosis by monocyte in ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Erythrophagocytosis, Peripheral blood smear, Urinary tract infection