What are Cabot rings in erythrocytes? Morphological features, causes of appearance in megaloblastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
🔬 Cabot rings are thin, thread-like, ring-shaped or figure-eight inclusions, which are remnants of the nuclear membrane. They are observed in megaloblastic anemias and myelodysplastic syndrome.
🙏 Photos and description were kindly provided by biologist Anna Feditskaya, Luhansk.
Morphological features of a blood smear in hereditary spherocytosis: microspherocytes, anisocytosis, Howell-Jolly bodies, and basophilic stippling of erythrocytes.
Morphology of pathological erythrocyte inclusions: diagnostic significance of Cabot rings, Howell-Jolly bodies, basophilic stippling, and macrocytosis in blood smears.
Learn about Cabot rings in erythrocytes: their nature, diagnostic significance in megaloblastic anemia, and erythropoiesis disorders. Cytology of blood smears.
