RBC INCLUSION BODIES Flashcards
CONTENT, OTHER NAMES, DISEASE ASSOCIATION
made up of AGGREGATED RNA
BASOPHILIC STIPPLINGS
form of basophilic stippling observed when there is INCREASED POLYCHROMATOPHILIA
FINE STIPPLING
form of basophilic stippling which may be observed in PLUMBISM or other disorders with IMPAIRED Hb H SYNTHESIS, in MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA, and in other forms of severe anemia
COARSE STIPPLING
made up of ERYTHROCYTIC COLLECTIONS OF IRON
SIDEROTIC GRANULES
described as multiple DARK BLUE irregular granules in PRUSSIAN BLUE IRON STAINING
SIDEROTIC GRANULES
described as PALE BLUE clusters in WRIGHT STAINING
PAPPENHEIMER BODIES
stain used to exhibit SIDEROTIC GRANULES
IRON STAIN: PERLS’ REAGENT THROUGH PRUSSIAN BLUE RXN
stains used to exhibit PAPPENHEIMER BODIES
- NEW METHYLENE BLUE
- WRIGHT STAIN
“naa siyay NEW PEN para mag WRIGHT (write)”
frequently appears SINGLY in a cell (only one per cell), usually round, and <1 um in diameter, blue to purple in color
HOWELL-JOLLY BODIES
composed of REMNANTS OF NUCLEAR CHROMATIN (DNA)
HOWELL-JOLLY BODIES
made up of MITOTIC SPINDLE REMNANTS
CABOT RINGS
described as threadlike structures that appear as PURPLE-BLUE LOOPS (FIGURE OF 8 APPEARANCE)
CABOT RINGS
most of the time APPEAR ECCENTRICALLY along the INNER RBC MEMBRANE, large, round, blue to purple materials
HEINZ BODIES
made up of DENATURED AND PRECIPITATED HEMOGLOBIN
HEINZ BODIES
described as small, multiple, EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE RED CELL, granular, greenish-blue bodies
Hb H INCLUSION BODIES