erythrocyte rosetting

Introduction

Principal:

• microscopic observation of erythrocytes arranged around a central cell to form a cluster that looks like a flower
• formation occurs due to a non immunological reaction between an epitope on the central cells surface & a receptor on a surrounding erythrocyte

More general terms

• clinical hematology test

More specific terms

• EA-rosetting
• EAC-rosetting
• fetal cells in blood by rosette test; rosette test for Rh factor