Blood clot with crenated red cells

  • Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute
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Blood clot with crenated red cells. Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Colour-enhanced image of a blood clot. There are many red blood cells and a single white blood cell held together in a meshwork of fibrin. The red blood cells are crenated - the spiky appearence that occurs when they become dehydrated.

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