Elliptocytes & ovalocytes are types of poikilocyte. Elliptocytes & ovalocytes are caused by a cell membrane abnormality. These elliptical shaped cells can indicate various types of anemia, hereditary elliptocytosis, iron deficiency anemia, infectious anemia, thalassemia & are also seen in the new-born.
See also poikilocytes
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