In sickle cell anemia all are true except-: (A) Sickle cells, (B) Target cells, (C) Howell jolly bodies, (D) Ringed sideroblast
Answer is D. In sickle cell anemia , the peripheral blood demonstrates numbers of irreversibly sickled cells , reticulocytes and target cells , which results from red cell dehydration.Howell Jolly bodies (small Nuclear remanants)are also present. Ref : Robbins pathologic basis of disease 9th edition: pg636 ;under heading morphology