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Author:Rachael F. Grace, Alberto Zanella, Ellis J. Neufeld, D. Holmes Morton, Stefan Eber, Hassan Yaish, Bertil Glader ,Dana‐Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorder Center,Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Clinic for Special Children, Lancaster General Hospital, Schwerpunktpraxis Für Pädiatrische Hämatologie and Hämostaseologie, and Children's Hospital of the Technical University, Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah, Department, of Pediatrics and Pathology, Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital(Openi/National Library of Medicine)Source:https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/detailedresult?img=PMC5053227_AJH-90-825-g002&query=Pyruvate%20kinase%20deficiency&it=xg&req=4&npos=1 Description:ajh24088-fig-0002: Blood smear findings in a transfusion dependent patient with pyruvate kinase deficiency before splenectomy (Figure 2A) and after splenectomy when no longer requiring red cell transfusions (Figure 2B). The red cell findings before splenectomy are mild, whereas, after splenectomy, polychromasia is more prominent and the characteristic echinocytes are more pronounced. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]