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Basophilic stippling of red blood cells

Basophilic stippling of red blood cells
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Author:  Sumitha Baskaran; Madhura Jogwar; Metropolis healthcare limited
Category:  Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Red cell inclusions and abnormalities > Coarse basophilic stippling  
Published Date:  02/19/2026

Peripheral blood smear (Leishman stain, ×1000 oil immersion) showing coarse basophilic stippling (multiple punctate blue granules dispersed throughout the cytoplasm) of red blood cells along with anisopoikilocytosis. 

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