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Red blood cells, sickle and pappenheimer


Red blood cells, sickle and pappenheimer
This photomicrograph of red blood cells (RBCs) shows both sickle-shaped and pappenheimer bodies.


Review Date: 4/5/2009
Reviewed By: James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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