Blood smear showing red blood cells with<unk> <unk> , also known as punctate<unk> , is the presence of numerous<unk>  granules that are dispersed through the cytoplasm of erythrocytes in a peripheral blood smear. They can be demonstrated to be RNA. They are composed of aggregates of ribosomes; degenerating mitochondria and siderosomes may be included in the aggregates. In contrast to Pappenheimer bodies, they are negative with Perls' acid ferrocyanide stain for iron (i.e. no iron in<unk> .<unk>  is indicative of disturbed erythropoiesis. It can also be found in some normal individuals.
Basophilic stippling
Cowdry bodies
Nuclear sclerosis
Macrocytosis
Glycogenic acanthosis
Pyknocytosis
Parakeratosis
Scalding