Schüffner's dots

dot (dot) a small spot or speck.

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Gunn's dots  white dots seen about the macula lutea on oblique illumination.

Maurer's dots  irregular dots, staining red with Leishman's stain, seen in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum.

Mittendorf's dot  a congenital anomaly manifested as a small gray or white opacity just inferior and nasal to the posterior pole of the lens, representing the remains of the lenticular attachment of the hyaloid artery; it does not affect vision.

Schüffner's dots  minute granules observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax when stained by certain methods.

Trantas' dots  small, white calcareous-looking dots in the limbus of the conjunctiva in vernal conjunctivitis.

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Schüffner's dots

Etymology: Wilhelm A.P. Schüffner, German pathologist, 1867-1949

coarse pink or red granules seen in the red blood cells of patients with tertiary malaria. They are signs of Plasmodium vivax or P. ovale and are absent in blood cells of patients infected with other types of malaria.