Question

A 40 years old male had undergone splenectomy 20 years ago Peripheral blood smear examination would show the presence of

• A. Dohle bodies
• B. Hypersegmented neutrophils
• C. Spherocytes
• D. Howell-Jolly bodies

Hint:

Howell-Jolly bodies indicate the spleen’s inability to remove these remnants from the blood which is common after splenectomy

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Howell-Jolly bodies, residual nuclear material, can appear in peripheral blood smears after splenectomy because the spleen's filtering function is absent.