The presence of elliptical, cigar-shaped erythrocytes on peripheral blood smear. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21250106 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16304353 ]
Synonyms: Ovalocytes Ovalocytosis
Term information
- UMLS:C0427480
- SNOMEDCT_US:250242004
- SNOMEDCT_US:178935009
- UMLS:C0013902
- SNOMEDCT_US:191169008
Elliptocytes (ovalocytes) are abnormal erythrocytes ranging from slightly oval to elongated cigar-shaped forms.