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Howell-Jolly bodies

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Howell-Jolly bodies
small, round or oval bodies, probably nuclear remnants, seen in erythrocytes when stains are added to fresh blood and found in various anemias and after splenectomy or reduced splenic function.
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The abnormally high number of Howell-Jolly bodies in our patient was indicative of altered splenic function.
Heterotaxy syndrome with severe pulmonary hypertension in an adult by Riehl, Jochen / Southern Medical Journal
The sister's CBC showed the presence of rare spherocytes and Howell-Jolly bodies.
PAT1 Occult hereditary spherocxtosis masquerading as autoimmune ... by Rappaport, E. / Southern Medical Journal
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