Morphology of pathological erythrocyte inclusions: diagnostic significance of Cabot rings, Howell-Jolly bodies, basophilic stippling, and macrocytosis in blood smears.
🩸 Blood smear: details worth noting
🔹 Cabot rings – remnants of the mitotic spindle.
🔹 Howell-Jolly bodies – chromosome remnants in erythrocytes.
🔹 Basophilic stippling – RNA granules in the cytoplasm.
🔹 Macrocytes – enlarged erythrocytes.
🔹 Polychromatophils – young erythrocytes with RNA remnants.
Each of these features helps to identify hematopoietic disorders, vitamin deficiencies, and regeneration after anemia.
🙏 Publication kindly provided by Alla Voronina
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