Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Stomatocytosis
HP:0004446
What it means
The presence of erythrocytes with a mouth-shaped (stoma) area of central pallor on peripheral blood smear.
Rare diseases that can present with this7
Common30–79%
5The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: erythrocyte stomatocytes · Red cell stomatocytosis
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