Summary of Abnormal Red Blood Cell Morphologies and Disease States
Before we start with the abnormal morphologies, let’s talk about normal morphology of Red Blood Cells.
Normal mature RBC are biconcave, round discs that are about 6 – 8 in ...
Poikilocytosis and RBC inclusions associated with asplenic patients
The RBC in the center of the field contains several Howell-Jolly bodies, or inclusions of nuclear chromatin remnants. There is also a nucleated RBC just beneath this RBC. Abnormal ...
Howell-Jolly bodies in a thin blood smear stained with Giemsa
Howell-Jolly bodies are inclusion that may be seen in splenectomized patients or patients with an otherwise non-functioning or atrophic spleen, and in patients with severe anemia or ...
Pappenheimer bodies VS Howell-Jolly bodies Differentiation
These inclusions are blue-purple in color, irregular in shape and located on the periphery of the cell. They were are Pappenheimer bodies. some people may think these inclusions ...
