Spindle Cell is another name for a keratocyte. Keratocytes are types of poikilocytes caused by cell trauma & are shaped like a spindle or a half moon & are also called horn cells. They are a very important indicator for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
List of possible causes:
- DIC
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hemangiosarcoma (often with DIC)
- Hepatic diseases
- Iron deficiency anaemia
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Lymphosarcoma
- Neoplasia (sometimes with DIC)
- Vascular prostheses such as a graft
See also poikilocytes
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