Basophilic Stippling

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Clinical-significance 3 More General Terms 4 References

Introduction

• Basophilic stippling represent multiple, punctate basophilic cytoplasmic inclusions.

Clinical-significance

• seen in association with:

• lead poisoning
• arsenic poisoning
• thalassemia
• myelofibrosis

More General Terms

• abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)
• cytology

References

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 414

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