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Howell-Jolly Bodies
Howell-Jolly bodies are spherical blue-black inclusions of red blood cells seen on Wright-stained smears. They are nuclear fragments of condensed DNA, 1 to 2m in diameter, normally removed by the spleen.
They are seen in severe hemolytic anemias, in patients with dysfunctional spleens or after splenectomy.