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RBC inclusions Flashcards

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Also known as punctate, characterized by irregular, dark blue to purple granules evenly distributed within an RBC

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Basophilic stippling

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Content found in basophilic stippling

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Aggregated RNA

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Stains used to visualize basophilic stippling

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Wright stain (deep blue to purple), supravital stain

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Associated with lead poisoning (plumbism/saturnism), arsenic poisoning, pyrimidine-5’-nucleotidase deficiency, anemias with impaired hemoglobin synthesis (thalassemia), refractory anemias, alcoholism, megaloblastic anemias

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Basophillic stippling

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Type of stippling observed in plumbism, disorders with impaired hemoglobin synthesis, megaloblastic anemia, and severe anemia.

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Coarse stippling

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Characterized by dark blue irregular granules in Prussian blue iron staining and pale blue clusters in Wright staining

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Siderotic granules (Pappenheimer bodies)

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Content of siderotic granules

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Intracytoplasmic collections of iron

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Stains used to visualize siderotic granules

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Perl’s reagent through Prussian blue reaction

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Conditions associated with siderotic granules

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Sideroblastic anemias (dimorphic peripheral blood picture), thalassemia, hemochromatosis or hemosiderosis

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Stains to visualize Pappenheimer bodies

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New Methylene Blue, Wright stain

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Howell-Jolly bodies: typical size, shape, and color

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<1 μm, round, blue to purple

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Composition of Howell-Jolly bodies

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Nuclear chromatin (DNA)

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Stains for Howell-Jolly bodies

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Wright stain, New Methylene Blue, Feulgen reaction

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Conditions associated with Howell-Jolly bodies

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Megaloblastic anemias, after splenectomy, thalassemia

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Cabot rings: appearance and composition

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Threadlike purple-blue loops or rings, remnants of the mitotic spindle

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Stains for Cabot rings

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Wright stain, Supravital stain

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Conditions associated with Cabot rings

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Megaloblastic anemias, refractory anemia, lead poisoning

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Positive Feulgen reaction indicate in RBC inclusion?

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Presence of DNA (Histochemical stain reaction for DNA)

Howell-Jolly bodies

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Location and appearance of Heinz bodies in RBCs

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Eccentric, large, round, blue to purple materials along the inner RBC membrane

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Composition of Heinz bodies

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Denatured and precipitated hemoglobin

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Stains used to visualize Heinz bodies

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Supravital stains (e.g., BCB, NMB, Methyl violet, Crystal violet)

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Why are Heinz bodies not visible on Wright stain?

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They can dissolve during the staining process

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Conditions associated with Heinz bodies

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G-6-PD deficiency, drug-induced hemolytic anemias (DIHA), unstable hemoglobin disease

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Examples of unstable hemoglobin variants associated with Heinz bodies

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Hb Köln, Hb Casper/Southampton, Hb Genova, Hb Gun Hill, Hb M-Saskatoon, Hb Bristol, Hb Torino, Hb Seattle

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Favism: related condition and population susceptibility

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Sensitivity to fava beans; occurs mainly in people of Mediterranean origin and in the Chinese with G-6-PD deficiency

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Result of favism in G-6-PD deficiency

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Severe hemolytic episode

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Small, multiple, evenly distributed granular greenish-blue bodies in RBCs

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Hb H inclusion bodies

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Composition of Hb H inclusion bodies

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Precipitated Hb H (4 β-globin chains, denatured β-globin chains)

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Stains for visualizing Hb H inclusion bodies

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Supravital stains (e.g., BCB, NMB)

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Appearance of RBCs with Hb H inclusion bodies

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Pitted golf ball appearance

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Condition associated with Hb H inclusion bodies

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Hb H Disease (a subtype of alpha thalassemia)

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Examples of protozoan parasites found in RBCs

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Malaria, Babesia spp.

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Associated feature of malaria-infected RBCs

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Schuffner’s dots (eosinophilic stippling)

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Stains used for protozoan parasites in RBCs

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Wright stain, Giemsa stain

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Grades for polychromatophilia, helmet cells, dacryocytes, acanthocytes, schistocytes, and spherocytes

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1+ = 1 to 5 per field, 2+ = 6 to 10 per field, 3+ = greater than 10 per field

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Grades for poikilocytosis, ovalocytes, elliptocytes, burr cells, bizarre-shaped RBCs, target cells, and stomatocytes

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1+ = 3 to 10 per field, 2+ = 11 to 20 per field, 3+ = greater than 20 per field

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Another name for rouleaux

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Pseudoagglutination

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Appearance of rouleaux under the microscope

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Stacks of coins

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Cause of rouleaux formation

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Serum protein abnormality (increased globulin or fibrinogen)

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Condition where rouleaux is commonly observed

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Multiple Myeloma (Plasma cell myeloma)

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Why should the thick part of the blood film be avoided for rouleaux observation?

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Red blood cells overlap in the thick part, causing misinterpretation

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Grades for rouleaux formation

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1+ = aggregates of 3 to 4 RBCs, 2+ = aggregates of 5 to 10 RBCs, 3+ = many aggregates with few free RBCs

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Effect of heavier cells on ESR

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Faster fall in ESR

44
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How should sickle cells, basophilic stippling, Pappenheimer bodies, and Howell-Jolly bodies be graded?

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Positive only

45
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Normal appearance or slight variation in erythrocytes: erythrocyte morphology grading

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Few abnormal erythrocytes: erythrocyte morphology grading

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Moderately increased abnormal erythrocytes: erythrocyte morphology grading

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Many abnormal erythrocytes in each microscopic field: erythrocyte morphology grading

49
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Marked increase in abnormal erythrocytes throughout each microscopic field: erythrocyte morphology grading

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