Red blood cells, multiple sickle cells
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder in which abnormal
hemoglobin (the red pigment inside red blood cells) is produced.
The abnormal hemoglobin causes red blood cells to assume a sickle
shape, like the ones seen in this photomicrograph.
Review Date: 4/5/2009
Reviewed By: Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant
Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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