Erythrocyte Disorders: Smear Case 3: Intracellular RBC Inclusions

Question

The peripheral blood smear represented by this field was submitted for hematologic review. The RBC inclusions most likely are:

Please select the single best answer

Malarial pigment

Pappenheimer bodies

Howell-Jolly bodies

Basophilic stippling

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