Howell-Jolly body

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Howell-Jolly body

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Author: Perla Vicari, MD, PhD
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Red cell inclusions and abnormalities > Howell-Jolly bodies
Published Date: 08/31/2021

Peripheral blood smear showing Howell-Jolly body: a small, round, dark purple inclusion within red blood cell (arrow). Howell-Jolly bodies are nuclear remnants that occur where there is no spleen or a nonfunctioning spleen known as asplenia (Wright-Giemsa stain).

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