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

Amelirad, Asra; Modarresi, Parisa; Abedi, Farzad; Soltani, Hassan

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Amelirad A, Modarresi P, Abedi F, Soltani H. Erythrophagocytosis in Peripheral Blood Smear of a Patient with Urinary Tract Infection. Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer 2022; 14 (1) :37-39
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Erythrophagocytosis in Peripheral Blood Smear of a Patient with Urinary Tract Infection

Asra Amelirad ^*¹

, Parisa Modarresi²

, Farzad Abedi³

, Hassan Soltani⁴

1- Kowsar Medical laboratory, Kowsar Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , asra.amelirad@gmail.com
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

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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 peripheral blood of a patient with urinary tract infection.

Keywords: Erythrophagocytosis, Peripheral blood smear, Urinary tract infection

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: Case report | Subject: Adults Hematology & Oncology
Received: 2020/10/29 | Accepted: 2022/03/10 | Published: 2022/04/30

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