A Further Study of a White Family Showing Elliptical Erythrocytes

Article1 December 1932A Further Study of a White Family Showing Elliptical ErythrocytesWARREN C. HUNTER, M.A., M.D.WARREN C. HUNTER, M.A., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-6-775 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough it is not uncommon to encounter occasional oval, elliptical or even rod-like erythrocytes in blood smears from perfectly healthy persons, a predominance of such forms in the absence of severe anemia is exceptional.Two interesting and curious morphological abnormalities involving the erythrocytes may occur in healthy individuals; first, so-called sickle cell anemia which has never been found except in persons of negro extraction and second, a condition characterized by the predominance of elliptical or oval red blood cells and occurring in both whites and negroes. Of the two, sickle cell anemia is by far the more common, the incidence being...References1 MULHERINHOUSEAL WARW: Sickle cell anemia from a pediatric point of view, Tr. Sect. Dis. Child., Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, 77-88. Google Scholar2 COOLEYLEE TBP: The sickle cell phenomenon, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1926, xxxii, 334-340. Google Scholar3 HUCKBIGALOW JGRM: Poikilocytes in otherwise normal blood (elliptical human erythrocytes), Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1923, xxxiv, 390-393. Google Scholar4 DRESBACH M: Elliptical human red corpuscles, Sci., 1904, xix, 469-470. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 BISHOP FW: Elliptical human erythrocytes, Arch. Int. Med., 1914, xiv, 388-392. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 HUNTERADAMS WCRB: Hematologic study of three generations of a white family showing elliptical erythrocytes, ANN. INT. MED., 1929, ii, 1162-1174. Google Scholar7 VAN DEN BERGH AA: On elliptic red blood-corpuscles (ovalocytosis), K. Akad. van Wetens. te Amsterdam, 1931, xxxiv, 749-754. (in English). Google Scholar8 CHENEY G: Elliptic human erythrocytes, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 878-881. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 TERRYHOLLINGSWORTHEUGENIO MCEWV: Elliptical human erythrocytes; report of two cases, Arch. Path., 1932, xiii, 193-206. Google Scholar10 BERNHARDT H: Ovalozytose der Erythrozyten als Anomalie, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1928, liv, 987-989. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 OSGOODHASKINS EEHD: Laboratory diagnosis, 1931. P. Blakiston's Son and Company, Philadelphia, 213. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WARREN C. HUNTER, M.A., M.D.Affiliations: Portland, OregonFrom the Department of Pathology, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland.Read before the Sixteenth Annual Clinical Session of the American College of Physicians, April 4-8, 1932, San Francisco, Calif. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHereditary elliptocytosis: spectrin and protein 4.1RDie hämolytischen AnämienHereditary elliptocytosis: linkage data in manHereditary Elliptocytosis and HyperhaemolysisHereditary elliptocytosis in two Maltese familiesHereditary Haemolytic ElliptocytosisCHILD HEALTH SERVICESELLIPTOCYTOSISDie Erkrankungen des erythrocytären SystemsErbpathologie des Blutes und der blutbildenden OrganeErbpathologie des Blutes und der blutbildenden OrganeDie Elliptocytose (Ovalocytose) und ihre klinische Bedeutung 1 December 1932Volume 6, Issue 6Page: 775-781KeywordsAnemiaBloodBlood cellsRed blood cellsWhite blood cells ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...