This is the blood film of a patient with flamed retinal haemorrhages.

a. What does the blood film show?

b. What other ocular signs may be present?
 

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This is the blood film of a patient with flamed retinal haemorrhages.

a. What does the blood film show?

Hypochromic microcystic blood film.
This is seen in iron-deficiency anaemia (compared this with normal blood film figure 2.)

                         Figure 1
                  Figure 2

b. What other ocular signs may be present?

Anterior segment
  • pale conjunctiva
    • Posterior segment
    • dilated retinal vessels
    • retinal haemorrhages
    • cotton wool spots
    • Roth spots
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