TABLE 4.
Changes in the platelets and red blood cells (RBCs) count and their associated morphological anomalies.
| Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
| Platelets changes | ||
| Platelets thrombocytosis | 17 | 13 |
| Platelets thrombocytopenia | 15 | 11.5 |
| RBCs changes | ||
| Normocytic RBCs | 66 | 50.4 |
| Anisocytosis | 65 | 49.6 |
| Hypochromic RBCs | 55 | 42 |
| Targetoid | 47 | 35.9 |
| Normochromic RBCs | 44 | 33.6 |
| Dacrocytes | 42 | 32.1 |
| Erthrocytopenia | 35 | 26.7 |
| Ovalocytes | 35 | 26.7 |
| Microcytic RBCs | 34 | 26 |
| Echinocytes/Burr cells | 34 | 26 |
| Schistocytes | 33 | 25.2 |
| Bite cells | 28 | 21.4 |
| Stomatocytes | 24 | 18.3 |
| Acanthocytes/Spur | 24 | 18.3 |
| Rouleaux RBCs | 23 | 17.6 |
| Mushroom RBCs | 21 | 16 |
| Polycythemia | 10 | 7.6 |
| Polychromasia | 5 | 3.8 |
| Normoblasts | 4 | 3.1 |
| Macrocytic RBCs | 2 | 1.5 |