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Should I be concerned by rare smudge cells noted?

My son is 14 months old. He had low iron so the hematologist did some blood tests. I got the results and I, concerned with the words rare smudge cells noted. We go to our appt. on Wednesday so obviously they will discuss everything. Just wondering what your thoughts are. Here is the comment from the pathologist:
This peripheral smear for review reveals mild anisocytosis of the red blood cells, unremarkable PMN leukocytes, unremarkable lymphocytes, unremarkable monocytes, and unremarkable platelets. Blasts and schistocytes are not seen. Rare smudge cells are noted. The signs of sepsis are not seen. Dohle bodies, cytoplasmic vacuoles, and toxic granulations are all not seen within the cytoplasm of the PMN leukocytes. Platelet clumping is as well not seen. Review of the patient's indices reveals an unremarkable white blood cell count at 9.68 x10 to the 9th per liter, very mild anemia with a hematocrit of 31.9%, and an unremarkable platelet count of 343 x10 to the 9th per liter. DIAGNOSIS: PERIPHERAL SMEAR FOR REVIEW:1. MILD ANISOCYTOSIS OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS, UNREMARKABLE PMN LEUKOCYTES, UNREMARKABLE LYMPHOCYTES, UNREMARKABLE MONOCYTES, AND UNREMARKABLE PLATELETS ARE ALL SEEN.2. PLATELET CLUMPING IS NOT SEEN.3. BLASTS AND SCHISTOCYTES ARE ABSENT. 4. THE SIGNS OF SEPSIS ARE NOT SEEN. 5. PLEASE SEE ABOVE DISCUSSION.
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