Cells with a slit (stomatocytes) instead of a round central pallor can be found in all of the following except:
a. Liver disease of alcoholism
b. Rhnull disease
c. Hereditary elliptocytosis
d. Blood films with a drying artifact
ANS: C
The characteristic red cell morphology in hereditary elliptocytosis is elliptic. All other situations listed can show the presence of stomatocytes.
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