Basophilic rings or loops, remnants of the nuclear membranes.
Size:
Changeable.
Shape:
Purplish rings, figures-of-eight, incomplete rings or similar configurations of a reddish-violet fine filament appearing in the center or near the periphery of erythrocytes.
Significance:
Cabot’s rings have been described in pernicious anemia, lead poisoning, leukemia, alcoholic jaundice, and in some forms of severe anemia. They can be seen in patients taking cytostatics.
