Poikilocytosis laboratory findings

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Normal red blood cells are round, flattened disks that are thinner in the middle than at the edges, whereas a poikilocyte may be a distortion of that normal shape, or an entirely different shape. Generally, poikilocytosis can refer to an increase in abnormal red blood cells of any shape where they make up 10% or more of the total population.