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Howell-Jolly Bodies in Blood Smear: Causes and Morphology

Morphology of erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies in peripheral blood: a clinical case of a 69-year-old female patient with macrocytosis, thrombocytosis, and normoblastosis.

Irina Selivanova Irina Selivanova 1 min
Blood smear: multiple round inclusions — Howell-Jolly bodies in erythrocytes
Blood smear: multiple round inclusions — Howell-Jolly bodies in erythrocytes
Blood smear: high number of erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies
Blood smear: high number of erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies
Blood smear: Howell-Jolly bodies in erythrocytes and leukocytes in the field of view
Blood smear: Howell-Jolly bodies in erythrocytes and leukocytes in the field of view
Blood smear: erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies and a normoblast at the bottom of the field
Blood smear: erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies and a normoblast at the bottom of the field
Analyzer screen: macrocytosis MCV 110.6 fL, thrombocytosis and NRBC Present flag
Analyzer screen: macrocytosis MCV 110.6 fL, thrombocytosis and NRBC Present flag

Howell-Jolly bodies in all fields of view. The last photo shows the CBC result. Female, 69 years old.

🙏 Photos kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics Physician, Irina Selivanova LLC “Citilab-Ural”, Yekaterinburg

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