108 SECTION THREE ERYTHROCYTES
STOMATOCYTE
A B
FIGURE 11–11A Stomatocytes. FIGURE 11–11B Stomatocytes.
DESCRIPTION: Erythrocyte with slitlike area of
central pallor (similar to a mouth or stoma)
Associated with: Hereditary stomatocytosis,
alcoholism, liver disease, Rh null phenotype,
artifact