Spherocytes

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Spherocytes

Spherocytes are red cells that have a decreased surface-to-volume ratio. As a result, this type of cell is denser than a normal red cell, and on a Wright-stained smear in the proper viewing area, they appear to be round, darkly-stained cells without central pallor. The arrows indicate two spherocytes on this peripheral blood smear image.