What Should Be Reported About the RBCs in the Following

question 8

Multiple Choice

What should be reported about the RBCs in the following image and what affect would this have on the CBC results?

• A) agglutination; increased MCV and decreased RBC count
• B) rouleaux; no affect on the CBC results
• C) codocytes; increased RBC count
• D) spherocytes; increased MCV

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