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Howell-Jolly body

Howell-Jolly body
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Author: Girish Venkataraman, MD, MBBS
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Red cell inclusions and abnormalities > Howell-Jolly bodies  
Published Date: 04/20/2017

Peripheral blood with Howell-Jolly body inside red cell at top right. Smear also shows significant anisopoikiocytosis and a Pappneheimer body in the macrocytic red cell in the center of the field.