Howell- Jolly bodies
(round, and bigger than pappenheimer)
Functional hyposplenia(eg sickle cell disease), asplenia
Basophilic ★RBC nuclear remnants (do not contain iron)
Usually removed by splenic macrophages
Basophilic stippling (many)
Sideroblastic anemias, thalassemias
Basophilic (★)ribosomal precipitates (do not contain iron)
Pappenheimer bodies
Sideroblastic anemia
Basophilic granules (contain iron)
Heinz bodies
G6PD deficiency
Denatured and (★)precipitated hemoglobin (contain iron)
hematology
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