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Döhle bodies - 1.

Döhle bodies - 1.
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Author: Peter Maslak
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Morphologic variants of white blood cells > Toxic granulation/Dohle bodies  
Published Date: 11/01/2008

Döhle bodies appear as gray-blue inclusions in the cytoplasm of activated neutrophils. These inclusions represent denatured segments of endoplasmic reticulum or aggregates of ribosomes. Toxic granulations often accompany this finding.