Characteristics of Pappenheimer bodies and Siderotic granules

Siderocytes

This slide is stained with Perls' Prussian blue. The cell indicated by an arrow is a siderocyte. The inclusions (siderosomes) in the cell may or may not have been visible on Wright's stain. If they were visible on a Wright's stained smear, they would be designated as Pappenheimer bodies.

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