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Chorea acanthocytosis is a rare hereditary disease caused by a mutation of the gene that directs structural proteins in red blood cells. When a patient's blood is viewed under a microscope, some of the red blood cells appear thorny.
These cells are coarse and irregularly crenellated resembling many-pointed stars. They are seen on blood films in, among others, abetalipoproteinemia , liver disease, chorea acanthocytosis, McLeod syndrome and several inherited neurological disorders, ...
 See also: Chorea, Acanthocytosis
  
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