title: A case of hereditary elliptocytosis.
abstract: Here are three images from peripheral blood smear from a patient with hereditary elliptocytosis. The patient presented for a general check up when his CBC showed only mild anemia with slightly increased reticulocytes. The diagnosis was made incidentally when the blood smear was examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. ekahwash@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Eiad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kahwash
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yearsley
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count; D004612:Elliptocytosis, Hereditary / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male