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RBC INCLUSIONS Flashcards

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sideroblastic anemias (lead poisoning, myelodysplastic syndromes, alcoholism)

perinuclear mitochondria with excess iron, require Prussian blue stain to be visualized

bone marrow

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iron granules (ringed sideroblasts)

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functional hyposplenia, asplenia

basophilic nuclear remnants
usually removed by splenic macrophages

peripheral smear

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Howell jolly bodies

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sideroblastic anemias, thalassemias

basophilic ribosomal precipitates (no iron)

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basophilic stippling

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sideroblastic anemia

basophilic granules (contain iron)

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pappenheimer bodies

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G6PD deficiency

denatured and precipitated hemoglobin

phagocytic removal of heinz bodies leading to bite cells

requires supra vital stain to be visualized

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heinz bodies

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