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Pathology Iron deficiency anemia 40d876c9

Peripheral smear with small pale red cells, anisocytosis and poikilocytosis is suggestive of:

A
Aplastic anemia
B
Iron deficiency anemia
C
Hereditary spherocytosis
D
Megaloblastic anemia
High-Yield Explanation
Anisocytosis , poikilocytosis along with small pale RBC in peripheral smear suggests the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia. OTHER OPTIONS: - Aplastic anemia presents with Normochromic normocytic anemia - Megaloblastic anemia presents with macrocytic anemia - Hereditary spherocytosis is presents with Normocytic anemia.

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